THE BURDEN OF JIMMY IN O’HENRY’S AFTER TWENTY YEARS

This thesis attempts to analyze a short story under titles After Twenty Years was written By O’Henry. This short story tells about the loss of a friendship between two young men named Bob and Jimmy because of career, Jimmy as policeman arrest Bob his close friends as criminal that was wanted by Chicago cop by using other’s hands to overcome his burden, Jimmy arrests Bob. The aims of this thesis are to learn about the main character, when they are as young in
earlier and reveal Jimmy’s way to overcome his burden. Therefore, this thesis can provide some explanations toward Bob and Jimmy as young in short story earlier and the Jimmy’s way. Through psychoanalysis theory derived by Sigmund Freud, concerning on three models of psyche, id, ego, and superego, this thesis tries to reveal the way Jimmy to overcome his burden. Finally, new criticism theory,
which is focusing on character and characterization, helps the analysis to uncover the personality and behavior of Bob and Jimmy as young in short story earlier.