Relations between o. henry’s life and the story “buried treasure”

O. Henry was born in September 11, 1862 as William Sydney porters beer in Greensboro, North Carolina. doormans father, Argentina Sidney doorkeeper worked as a physician (Read print, 08). Unfortunately, doorkeepers mother died when he was aged three and was therefore raised by his grandmother and aunt. ostiarius was an enthusiastic reader but he discontinued school at the age of 15 years. He started working in a drug tosh and later on a bedcover in Texas.He then went to Houston where among other jobs he worked as a bank clerk. currency was found to be missing from the bank he was working in and he was required to stand trial but he fled to forfend trial. He returned to Austria when he heard that his wife was in her death arse in 1897. He was convicted of embezzlement of funds although there questions arose over his guilt. He was jailed in 1898 till 1901. He wrote his first works in Penitentiary at Columbus, which marked his career start as an author.In his work, Buried Trea sure, there are various aspects of O. Henrys disembodied spirit that are related to the narration. It is indicated in his biography that he wrote some the life of ordinary people in New York City (On-line literature, 08). In the story, he says that his idea of a happy home is an eight room house in a groove of live oaks by the slope of a charco on a Texas prime, a piano, an automatic player and ponies. This reflects the wishes of intimately ordinary people.Another fact in the authors life that is related to his work on the buried treasure is his precept. O. Henry dropped by of school at the age of 15 years old heart he never attained his college pedagogics. This is reflected in the story as he reveals now and again his contempt for college education.This is brought forward by his attitude towards Goodloe Banks who is a young man from college. O. Henry wrote that Goodloe Banks ran to books, manners, culture, rowing, intellect and clothes while he was more into baseball and F riday-night debating societies and more by way of culture and favourable horseback ride (Classical reader, 08). O. Henry clearly brings out the fact that education is not always the key as the character Goodloe Banks is portrayed as educated but his education does not lead him to the treasure. Goodloes education is portrayed to be for exploitation as the character Ed exploits him to outwit to the buried treasure in this case Miss May Martha Mangum.Porters father, Algernon Sidney Porter, was a physician. Although a lot is not tell just about him, O. Henry at some point could be referring to him in the story Buried Treasure. In the story, May Marthas father is give tongue to to be a man behind whiskers and spectacles. He is an etymologist. Scientists in the story are said to be apt to be absent- minded. Algernon Sidney Porter is obviously in the same category of scientists and therefore O. Henry could be indirectly referring to him as absent-minded.Finally, in the book 41 stories , Porter is said to have gone to Texas primarily for health reasons and worked on a sheep ranch and lived with a family that had close ties with the Porters family in North Carolina (O.Henry, 84). Porter gathered knowledge of ranch life which he describes in the story Buried Treasure. In the story, the character, Ed, is said to want to retire to a ranch with three thousand heads of cattle in Texas.Works Cited totalClassical Reader (2008). Buried Treasure (Options). Viewed on fifteenth March, 2008 at http//www.classicreader.com/read.php/sid.6/bookid.973/O. Henry. Selected Stories. Guy Davenport Viking Penguin. 1993O. Henry. 41 Stories. Burton Raffel New American Library. 1984Online Literature (2008). O. Henry-Biography and Works. Viewed on 15th March, 2008 at http//www.online-literature.com/o_henry/Read Print (2008). O. Henry-Books and Biography. Viewed on 15th March, 2008 at http//www.readprint.com/author-45/o_henry