what is bharmn's masterpiece?how did the masterpiece ofbharman save the life of johnsy?
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Explanation:
Behrman was an old painter in the short story "The Last Leaf" by O. Henry. He lived below Sue and Johnsy's apartment and had been trying to paint a masterpiece for years.
When he learnt about Johnsy's illness, he went out in the night and painted an ivy leaf on the wall outside Johnsy's window. Johnsy had slept that night with the idea that when the last leaf would fall in the rain, her life would also end. However, when she saw that the leaf had survived the storm her willingness to survive returned and she started recovering from pneumonia.
Behrman had worked through the snow to paint the leaf outside Johnsy's window. He died from pneumonia. He sacrificed his own life to save Johnsy's life. Thus, the last leaf painted on the wall became his masterpiece.