conclusion of chapter the last leaf
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The power of friendship is a good theme. You would have to be explicit and explain how friendship and hope are connected. An even more compelling thesis might focus on the irony of Behrman getting sick and dying due to painting the leaf on the vine that keeps Sue alive. You could say something like, "Behrman's idea of being a protector means he paints a leaf that saves Johnsy, but destroys himself: through his actions, O'Henry shows both the power of art and self-sacrifice." Support for this could come from the following:
he was a fierce little old man, who scoffed terribly at softness in any one, and who regarded himself as especial mastiff-in-waiting to protect the two young artists in the studio above.
You could point out that Sue is a good friend to Johnsy. However, Behrman, the neighbor who Sue and Johnsy hardly know, is not a good friend, just an acquaintance. Yet he makes a loving gesture in using his talents to help the young woman. He sacrifices himself for her. Of course, he doesn't know he will die, but he nevertheless goes out in the cold to paint the leaf that saves her.
It's always best, if possible, to conclude a paper by leaving the reader with an added thought, as advised by William Zinsser in his classic On Writing Well. We learn that the last leaf Behrman painted is his masterpiece. Is O'Henry saying artists have to sacrifice to create masterpieces? Is the story trying to tell us that the illusions artists create, often at great sacrifice to themselves, help heal a sick world just as Behrman's leaf helped heal Johnsy?
Conclusion of The Last Leaf
The Last Leaf is one of the best stories of the famous American short story writer O'Henry. Like most of his other stories it is based on humanity and love.
The conclusion of the story is very heart touching. The readers are happy that Johnsy is restored back to life. The chilly fingers of Pneumonia has mercifully exempted her life.
From her pessimistic approach towards life she has returned to optimism thanks to the still surviving last leaf of the ivy plant opposite her window.
The story however is not the typical happy ending type. The last leaf was the masterpiece of the old unsuccessful German painter Behrman.
Once he had come to know of her sickness and her associating her death to the falling leaves, he spent the entire rainy night painting the last leaf to make it appear it has survived the cold weather.
In the process he contracts Pneumonia which takes his life.
This in the conclusion we are witness to his sacrifice and unconditional selfless love.
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