L-7 The Last Leaf
* Extra Questions:
1. Why did sue get worried about Johnsy?
2. What did doctor ask sue when he took her a side one day ?
3. What did sue see when Johnsy was river counting?
4. Who was Mr. Behrman? & Why was he sought after by sue?
5. why did behrman undertake the risky task of saving Johnsy from her illness? was he able to fulfill his dream?
6. what transformation did that last leaf that did not fall bring about in Johnsy?
7. when Johnsy saw last leaf still clinging to the tree? what did she tell sue?
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Answer:
because she was suffering from pneumonia. and she didn't worried about her health condition. she recognised him as the last leaf who will death sometime.2) the doctor said that she was suffering from pnemonia and she can't get cured when didn't want herself to be healthy.3)she saw that the sue was counting the leaf that is in the window and calims her likely to be. she tell to johnsy that one day all the leaf will fall down and she would also gone from the world.4)behrman was a good painter. he wanted to help johnsy and johnsy was one of her painting he came to sue flat as she wanted him to pose an older miner so that he could complete her painting.5)his dream was to paint a painting that was look like real he wanted to fulfill his dream so he helped sue .
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Story Explanation
Explanation: The story is about two young women artists, Sue and Johnsy, who live together. Johnsy is sick with pneumonia. She believes that as soon as all the leaves die that she can see outside of her window, then she will die as well. She counts the leaves every day as they fall, but one remains, even after all the others die off. Johnsy keeps watching that "last leaf" but it never falls off the tree. She finally becomes convinced that she has been selfish and morose waiting for her own death, and decides to suck it up and get better. If that little leaf could hold on for so long, so could she.
The irony of the story is that the last leaf was painted on the window by Mr. Behrman, an old artist and a friend of the girls. Mr. Behrman climbed up on a ladder and painted the leaf in the cold and rain and caught pneumonia himself and died.
The leaf is a symbol of despair that turns into a symbol of hope. Johnsy thinks the ivy leaf stands for her life, slowly falling away. When the leaf remains, however, it becomes a symbol of hope for her. If the ivy leaf can hang on, so can she. There are some other symbols - Mr. Behrman, for examples smells like "juniper berries". This is what gin is made from so he is most likely an alcoholic. The window shade could be a symbol...........I'll let you figure that one out. What do you think it stands for? Johnsy is always asking Sue to open it up, so she can see the leaves. Sue does not want to do so because she fears that all the leaves will be gone..................what do you think?