the last leaf is a story of Supreme sacrifice discuss
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O. Henry brings out the themes of selflessness and sacrifice in his story 'The Last Leaf'. Sue and Johnsy, both from California are striving to succeed as artists. How they help and support one another reveals their selflessness. Unfortunately, Johnsy gets pneumonia and relates her sickness to the falling ivy leaves as it is autumn she can see from her window the ivy vine during the fall. She somehow feels that she would die when the last leaf would fall. An old, frustrated artist Behrman lives in the same building asJohnsy and Sue. He longs to paint a masterpiece and has even attempted to do so. Sue goes to him and tells him that her friend is dying of pneumonia and that Johnsy claims that when the last leaf falls off the vine outside her window, she will die, Behrman scoffs at this as foolishness, but as he is protective of the two young girls he decides to see Johnsy and the vine.
In the night, a very bad storm comes and wind the wind is howling and the rain is splattering against the window. Sue closes the curtains and tells Johnsy to go to sleep, even though there was still one leaf left on the vine. Johnsy protests but Sue insists on doing so because she doesn’t want Johnsy to see the last leaf fall. In the morning, Johnsy wants to see the vine to be sure that all the leaves are gone, but to their surprise, there is still one leaf left. She regains her will to live and makes a full recovery throughout the day.
In the afternoon, doctor talks to Sue. Behrman painted a masterpiece; he painted it there the night that the last leaf fell. Unfortunately, he dies after his attempt to paint his masterpiece. He sacrifices his life for saving Johnsy's life.
Answer: The story 'The Last Leaf' is all about the supreme sacrifice which is done by Behrman, the old artist. He sacrificed his life so that he can save the life of Johnsy.
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Johnsy, the sick girl assumes that she is going to die soon. As fast as the leaves of the ivy creeper was falling, Johnsy assumption of dying was turning into reality. One night on the ivy tree, there remained one last leaf. It was sure that the leaf would fall the same night. Behrman, the old artist decided to paint that artificial leaf in rain before it falls down. Behrman in order to save the life of Johnsy, sacrifices his own life and with the last of last leaf left on the ivy creeper helped one person to survive and the other to die.
Therefore, this can be concluded that the story is all about the supreme sacrifices which was done by Behrman in order to save the life Johnsy. Meanwhile, the ambition of painting a masterpiece was achieved.