In this short, Jack shares many observations he has made about New York City. He claims to have seen allot in four years.
O. Henry, was a popular short story writer during the early twentieth century. Henry wrote this story that was inspired by the journalist Charles Evans's fictional character, the Fool-Killer.
In this story Jack states "It has the poorest millionaires, the littlest great men, the lowest skyscrapers, the dolefulest pleasures of any town I ever saw." When Jack states, this is conveying his dislike toward the city. He feels that the city is full of empty people focused on shallow things.
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