How does O. Henry draw upon themes, events, or character types from myths or traditional stories and render them new in “The Princess and the Puma?”

Explanation:

In the story The princess and the puma, Henry draws from traditional stories several event, themes and characters from where he was able to create his own new style and pattern of writing.

Myth such as the fight between hero and beast, Henry draws from it and instead of the hero of succeeding, he was saved by a woman. An Hero has being said to be a strong man who almost no one can defeat but in his story a lady rescued an Hero. This is a new traditional subject different from the old way of reporting it.

He also introduced into the modern Mexican setting the the warriors also known as might, lion, Royal family which are not originally part of Mexican modern setting but a traditional setting into his story.

O Henry brought about a new Ideas of his own from the themes, traditional stories bringing about a new style.

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explanatithe story "two kinds" , revolves around a strict relationship between a mother and daughter. the mother tries very hard to make sure her daughter jing mei , is successful in life and lives up to her full potential. the story explores alot of different themes. though , there is one theme that really stands out. you cant force someone to be something that their not.

jing mei's mother was an immagrant from china. she moved to the united states to give her daughter , jing mei , a better and successful life for her. and being raised in china with their strict rules and striving to be perfect took a toll on her and her daughters relationship. she pressures her daughter to be great and perfect all the time but it gets really hard for her to live up to her mothers standards. her mother believes that jing mei can be a child prodigy and prepares her to be and act like one. furthermore , the story ends with jing mei getting everything off her chest and seeing the dissappointment in her mothers eyes as she finds out her daughter has not lived up to her full potential. and her mother has finally gained an understanding of her daughter.

tbh ur lucky i answered because you only gave 5 points. it should have been like 50.