deeply affected by a bare ivy vine. Johnsy thinks that she will die as soon as the last leaf on that vine falls. She becomes close to death‚ but a neighbor called Mr. Behrman‚ an artist‚ saves her life and dies. This paper will focus on different causes and effects involved in‚ first‚ Johnsy’s case and‚ second‚ the death of Mr. Behrman. First‚ many things lead Johnsy to be touched with the idea of death. When Johnsy becomes ill with pneumonia‚ she loses her strength and her body becomes weaker. That
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Su opened the window‚ Johnsy discovered that the last leaf has not fallen. and then Her health status is starting to improve. The old artist Behrman got pneumonia and is taken to hospital‚ and He died two days later. Then Sue discovered that the last leaf still pending is a sketch painted by Behrman to give Johnsy a long life. The leaf‚ drawn by Behrman does something like magic by providing Johnsy with a desire to live. My review about the story: We must believe that the desire for life is a
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This short story entitled The Last Leaf‚ was written by O. Henry (pseudonym for the American writer William Sydney Porter). It deals with the story of Sue‚ Johnsy and Old Behrman‚ three artists living in a drab district of New York City at the beginning of the twentieth century. One day‚ Johnsy gets sick with Pneumonia and makes it clear she won’t fight death. After the analysis of this short story‚ how can the end be interpreted? The story begins with a description of the area where the
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The text under analysis is a story written by O’Henry. O’Henry is a pseudonym of William Sydney Porter. He was an American writer‚ noted for his numerous short stories. He worked in various jobs: as a rancher‚ bank teller‚ as a journalist. He founded a comic weekly magazine “The Rolling Stone” before being employed by “The Houston Post” to write a humorous daily coloumn. In 1898 he was convicted of embezzlement and served a three-year term in the federal penitentiary. After that he contributed short
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that when the last leaf would drop‚ she would die too. An old‚ frustrated artist named Behrman lived below Johnsy and Sue. He had been claiming that he would paint a masterpiece‚ even though he had never even attempted to start. Sue went to him‚ and told him that her friend was dying of pneumonia‚ and that Johnsy claimed that when the last leaf would fall off of a vine outside her window‚ she would die. Behrman scoffs at this as foolishness‚ but—as was protective of the two young artists—he decided
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Johnsy made appearance. Third‚ the illness is the challenge that Johnsy must face and Sue must endure for their friendship. Fourth‚ Johnsy’s point of view was diverted because of Behrman’s masterpiece. The premier of the story is the arrival of Old Behrman wherein he played the part of Jesus. In order to save a child’s life he sacrificed his life using his talent that was deprived yet made a special appearance in the end to show the sacrificial masterpiece. The train of events smoothly caved in with
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There are many characteristics‚ including talent and intelligence‚ that make a person successful. However‚ the most essential characteristic that makes a person successful is perseverance. Perseverance is defined as the continued effort to do or achieve something despite difficulties‚ failure‚ or opposition. Perseverance can be shown by J.K. Rowling‚ who got rejected by twelve major publishers but worked hard to publish her book and sold over 120 million copies of it‚ and Elizabeth Blackwell‚ who
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decided that when the last leaf would drop‚ she would die too. But an old‚ frustrated artist named Behrman‚ who lived below Johnsy and Sue‚ risked his own health in order to give her hope in order to survive. To my mind‚ there are two major themes of the story the power of hope and self-sacrifice which show that a diseased mind is even more harmful than the disease itself. This is clearly evident in Behrman‚ an artist who lives on Johnsy and Sue´s house first floor. He always said: "Some day I shall paint
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Following her sickness‚ Joanna had much motivation‚ but little platform other than painting. Greenwich Village had many artists searching for a living. One artist‚ an older man named Behrman‚ painted a leaf on a wall to help encourage Joanna to keep on living. Joanna gained a new perspective on life after Behrman died from the same illness she herself had almost fallen
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that when the last leaf falls from the vine outside her window‚ she will die. An old artist‚ named Behrman‚ who lives in the same building as the girls‚ braves a storm one night to paint a leaf on the wall — a leaf that will never fall. Cold and wet from painting in the icy rain‚ he catches pneumonia and dies. This gives Johnsy the hope to survive her illness‚ and it also creates the masterpiece Behrman had always dreamed of painting. CHARACTERS JOHNSY - She suffers from pneumonia in this story.
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