Why was Behrman's last leaf a masterpiece?Write about 180-190.
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Behrman is an older artist who lives in the same Greenwich Village boardinghouse as Johnsy. He has never achieved fame or financial success from his painting.When he learns that Johnsy has pneumonia and believes she will die when the last leaf falls off the ivy vine outside her window, he sneaks out and paints an ivy leaf on the vine. It is so realistic that Johnsy thinks it is a real leaf. Because it does not fall off the vine, Johnsy has time to recover. The leaf saves her life by giving her hope.The leaf is Behrman's artistic masterpiece. Not only is it a beautiful work of art that looks completely real, it has done good in the world. Ironically, however, Behrman dies from the pneumonia he catches going out in the rain to paint the leaf that enabled another person to live.
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