Human sympathy and tending of secrifice of behrman in contacts to the johnsy character
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Mr. Behrman was apparently intended
to be the antithesis of "a knight on a
white horse." In this story, "a knight on
a white horse" would probably be a
romantic young unknown artist who
sacrifices his life to save Johnsy, the girl
he loves. O. Henry wanted to write a
story about a girl who was dying of
pneumonia and had the conviction that
she would die when the last ivy leaf on
the wall of a nearby house fell. The
author's plot was based on the idea that
someone might paint a fake ivy leaf on
the wall in the middle of the night, and
the girl would recover because of the
example set by what appeared to be
one brave remaining ivy leaf. O. Henry
wanted his ending to come as a
surprise, which was his trademark as a
writer. O. Henry had to introduce a
painter into the story who would end up
being the one to paint the fake leaf and
sacrifice his life in doing so, but he
to be the antithesis of "a knight on a
white horse." In this story, "a knight on
a white horse" would probably be a
romantic young unknown artist who
sacrifices his life to save Johnsy, the girl
he loves. O. Henry wanted to write a
story about a girl who was dying of
pneumonia and had the conviction that
she would die when the last ivy leaf on
the wall of a nearby house fell. The
author's plot was based on the idea that
someone might paint a fake ivy leaf on
the wall in the middle of the night, and
the girl would recover because of the
example set by what appeared to be
one brave remaining ivy leaf. O. Henry
wanted his ending to come as a
surprise, which was his trademark as a
writer. O. Henry had to introduce a
painter into the story who would end up
being the one to paint the fake leaf and
sacrifice his life in doing so, but he
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