The Last Leaf Analysis
I picked my own story for The American writer O. Henry
The Name of story is: The Last Leaf
a brief summary of the story:
The short story took place in New York City where two friends - Sue and Johnsy - live, work in art in a poor apartment, and publish their drawings in magazines, and thereby earning their living, and like any other artist, they hope to draw a masterpiece one day.
One day, Johnsy fell prey to pneumonia.
The doctor visited her and told her friend-Sue- that Johnsy could be cured of the disease if she has a real desire to heal.
Johnsy then decided to spend her time looking through the window to an ivy plant whose leaves are falling one by one and says in herself that she will die when the last paper falls.
The old artist, …show more content…
A strong storm blows and Johnsy says the last leaf must have fallen.
When 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 powerful force in fighting disease.
How wonderful the help Su had made for her friend, she was taking care of Jonsey with all her time and effort and always tried to implant life in her, The old artist Behrman, who painted a leaf on the wall to give hope to Jonse, does that with a lot of sacrifice ,where he painted during the storm, making his health deteriorate and die.
The final leaf he painted on the wall is the masterpiece he always hoped to paint, and actually he drew this masterpiece and went as he was saying.
It was already a masterpiece, a priceless humanist …show more content…
I had seen a movie about this story before and I loved this film so I decided to re-read the story again and write about it.
One quote formatted using APA in-text citation style:
“They couldn't imagine where he had been on such a dreadful night. And then they found a lantern, still lighted, and a ladder that had been dragged from its place, and some scattered brushes, and a palette with green and yellow colours mixed on it, and - look out the window, dear, at the last ivy leaf on the wall. Didn't you wonder why it never fluttered or moved when the wind blew? Ah, darling, it's Behrman's masterpiece - he painted it there the night that the last leaf fell."(Henry, p.88,87)
One paraphrase formatted using APA in-text citation style:
Berman is an old man at the age of sixty. We can say that he likes the statue of Moses in the famous sculpture of Michelangelo.
He spent his life talking about a unique painting he would draw but he was really a failed artist who could speak and drink only, where he worked only as a model for young artists who do not have the money to pay for professional models. (O. Henry,2002)
References:
1- Henry, O. (2002). Best short stories. Mineola, NY: Dover
The Name of story is: The Last Leaf
a brief summary of the story:
The short story took place in New York City where two friends - Sue and Johnsy - live, work in art in a poor apartment, and publish their drawings in magazines, and thereby earning their living, and like any other artist, they hope to draw a masterpiece one day.
One day, Johnsy fell prey to pneumonia.
The doctor visited her and told her friend-Sue- that Johnsy could be cured of the disease if she has a real desire to heal.
Johnsy then decided to spend her time looking through the window to an ivy plant whose leaves are falling one by one and says in herself that she will die when the last paper falls.
The old artist, …show more content…
A strong storm blows and Johnsy says the last leaf must have fallen.
When 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 powerful force in fighting disease.
How wonderful the help Su had made for her friend, she was taking care of Jonsey with all her time and effort and always tried to implant life in her, The old artist Behrman, who painted a leaf on the wall to give hope to Jonse, does that with a lot of sacrifice ,where he painted during the storm, making his health deteriorate and die.
The final leaf he painted on the wall is the masterpiece he always hoped to paint, and actually he drew this masterpiece and went as he was saying.
It was already a masterpiece, a priceless humanist …show more content…
I had seen a movie about this story before and I loved this film so I decided to re-read the story again and write about it.
One quote formatted using APA in-text citation style:
“They couldn't imagine where he had been on such a dreadful night. And then they found a lantern, still lighted, and a ladder that had been dragged from its place, and some scattered brushes, and a palette with green and yellow colours mixed on it, and - look out the window, dear, at the last ivy leaf on the wall. Didn't you wonder why it never fluttered or moved when the wind blew? Ah, darling, it's Behrman's masterpiece - he painted it there the night that the last leaf fell."(Henry, p.88,87)
One paraphrase formatted using APA in-text citation style:
Berman is an old man at the age of sixty. We can say that he likes the statue of Moses in the famous sculpture of Michelangelo.
He spent his life talking about a unique painting he would draw but he was really a failed artist who could speak and drink only, where he worked only as a model for young artists who do not have the money to pay for professional models. (O. Henry,2002)
References:
1- Henry, O. (2002). Best short stories. Mineola, NY: Dover