on the basis of your reading of any literary text, write about, how it had a casting spell on your memory.
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Answer:
Reading is the process of taking in the sense or meaning of letters, symbols, etc., especially by sight or touch. For educators and researchers, reading is a multifaceted process involving such areas as word recognition, orthography (spelling), alphabetics, phonics, phonemic awareness, vocabulary, comprehension, fluency, and motivation.
Explanation:
I would like to consider the short story, "The Last Leaf" by O'Henry. When I first read the story, I was a little taken aback. I certainly did not expect it to end the way it did. The surprise element at the end was quite strong, and made me both happy and sad. The author brings out so many emotions in the reader that the reader is compelled to think about the story, and that casts a spell on the reader.
O'Henry is a champion when it comes to depicting human nature. The story kept playing in my mind precisely because of how the author used small details, like a leaf, to show the frailty and the strength of human lives. One leaf on the ivy plant caused Behrman to lose his life, and yet it was the same leaf that he had painted that saved Johnsy's life.
Another thing that made the story cast a spell on me is how everyone is not as we see them. Behrman sounded like an unpolished and unaccomplished man, who has not been able to do anything much in life, yet his heart was tender enough to put himself at risk only to save the life of another human being whom he was not even related to. In the same way, Johnsy, who had almost decided to die, turns out stronger than she knew. She is able to survive and recover too.
The story also makes me think about what success means to different people. Behrman achieves success when he is able to draw his masterpiece and save a life, though at the cost of his own life. To Johnsy, it means coming back from the jaws of death and starting afresh. In both the cases success has nothing to do with money. It revolves around saving lives and doing something worthwhile for oneself or for someone else.
It is aspects like pure love, supreme sacrifice, different definitions of success and compassion for a fellow human being that make this story so endearing. The short story is undoubtedly my favourite text by O'Henry.
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