...Characters Main Characters: Sudie “Sue” – Protagonist Joanna “Johnsy” – Protagonist Mr. Behrman – Protagonist “Mr. Pneumonia” – Antagonist Supporting Characters: The Doctor Theme: Hope, Faith and Friendship death, specifically the sacrificing of one life to save another. Setting: In a little district west of Washington Square Plot: Conflict: Sue’s roommate, Johnsy, was sick in the hospital. She was diagnosed with Pneumonia. Climax: The doctor told Sue that Johnsy had a one out of ten chance for living, but Sue remained hopeful. Johnsy was determined that she would die when the last leaf of the ivy vine fell. Sue kept on encouraging her, telling her that all she spoke of was nonsense, and that she should just pray for her health to regain. The wind blew hard, and the rain poured, but the last leaf still remained, dangling bravely on the thin, wet branch. Meanwhile, Mr. Behrman, an old painter, poses for Sue’s new sketch. He always talked about his newest masterpiece, but he never manages to finish them all the way. Lesson or Moral of the Story: Never give up nor lose hope. Always have faith in yourself, in your family, and in the almighty God above. that we should always help our loved ones even if we have to face the worst things too. Imagery: There was only a bare, dreary yard to be seen, and the blank side of the brick house twenty feet away. An old, old ivy vine, gnarled and decayed at the roots, climbed half way up the brick wall. The cold breath of autumn had stricken its...
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...Bailey Belser Professor Ippolito English 112-11F February 3, 2014 In the Eyes of the Other Person Authors will often choose to use elements to help give the audience a better understanding of the message in their story. Elements are what make up the story in its entirety and help the reader create an image in their mind. A great example of a short story that includes such elements is William Carlos Williams’ “The Use of Force.” In this story, elements such as theme, background, symbolism, and image are utilized in a way to communicate the idea that there are two sides to every situation. In this short story, there appears to be an overall theme. William Carlos Williams seems to want to make the audience understand that there are usually two sides to every situation—in this case, for a little girl, a doctor’s visit is frightening and for a doctor, it is just another job. Williams demonstrated just how scared the little girl was throughout the story in many ways. In one instance, the mother reassured the little girl to not be afraid and that the doctor would not hurt her (Williams 80). In another instance, Williams writes, “As I moved my chair a little nearer suddenly with one catlike movement both her hands clawed instinctively for my eyes and she almost reached them too” (81). Williams uses the girl’s actions to further convey his message that she was frightened. It is easy to assume that a grown man having to deal with this would get frustrated. Williams chose to demonstrate...
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...a cold hard bottom chair patiently waiting on 0500 hours to come. As the time was winding down I had butterflies flying in the inside of my stomach. My palms were dripping with sweat and my eyes were telling the story of a weary one. All of a sudden I heard a loud buzz the doors came swinging open. I looked at the old time machine and seen that the moment I’ve been waiting for has finally arrived. Approaching me was a tall and skinny figure with a long white coat and black shoes that glided across the floor like skates. Those big blue eyes that I seen through those specs was to die for. Coming out of my fantasy with this Doctor I now knew that it was time for the big birth. He spoke fluently in his barrow town voice, “ Ms.Luckett are you ready” my reply was a smile so wide you could see the breakfast I had two hours before. He escorted me through the halls that seem as if they were never going to end. I was greeted by so many different smiles and body languages. Finally I had made it to my destination! The room was very dark and cold. In the room it was two chairs with floral printing on them that rocked back and forth. A television that looked like it was there since the WWII, and a bed that looked like it was hard enough to drive a car upon. The doctor gave me the ropes of the procedure and stated that I shouldn’t be afraid. As I lay in the bed with nothing but a gown on feel like I’m exposing myself to the world. Family and friends were stopping by and was overjoyed...
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...Doctor Who Convention It was Saturday, October 3, and I sat in the passenger seat of my mom’s car, pulling in the driveway to my friend’s house. As I closed the car door, I waved goodbye to my mom, then walked up the stairs to the front porch and knocked on the door. A girl with shoulder-length, curly brown hair opened the door and smiled at me. “Hey Tori,” she greeted. I smiled back and walked in the large house. “You know the door was unlocked, you could have just walked in,” she told me. “That’s okay, I wanted to knock. So, what are we going to do Brooke?” I asked. Brooke grinned and held up her tablet. “Doctor Who,” we said at the same time, then walked over to the huge sofa and plopped down, getting ourselves comfortable. We watched...
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...L’Jerald Savage Ms. Armer English 09/19/06 The Tears of Joy In Kate Chopin, The Story of an Hour Louise Mallard is given the news about the death of her husband Brently Mallard. Because Mrs. Millard had a fragile heart, her sister Josephine was hesitant in breaking the news of her husband's death. Her husband friend Richard who had been in the newspaper office when news of the railroad disaster was received was near her. After Louise is given the news of her husband death she began to cry in her sister arms. The reason for Louise’s crying is that she is now a free woman and she can get a chance to do some of the things she missed out on. When Louise’s heard the news about her husband’s she goes in her room and sit in a roomy arm chair that reaches her body and soul. Louise gets the feeling with her husband death she can begin a new life. After Louise gets over her husband’s death, she mentions that there will be no one to live for her doing those coming years; she would live for herself. Josephine is the one who tells Louise about Brently’s death. When Josephine tells her sister about her husband death she tries to break it to Louise as simple as possible because of her frail condition. Because Josephine is a very caring person who does not want her sister to suffer she kneels at the closed door because she thinks Louise is going to make herself ill. Little do Josephine know that Louise feel that she has newfound freedom that she did not enjoy before. ...
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...my name and topic Short story about teenager who had just recently had their wisdom teeth removed. Explain that I work in a pharmacy and that my pharmacist was one of the main people who wrote the law. Body Main Point 1) Law explanation Passing responsibility to the pharmacy instead of the doctor New system of reporting what controls individuals pick up that gets reported to a state wide database. Limiting the number of refills on prescription painkillers to one. Main Point 2) Five-Step Decision Making Process Explain the problem by sharing a true story of an elderly lady calling in crying that she is in pain. Explain why this law was first passed Avi Israel (father who started crusade in honor of his son) Nationwide problem Show examples of what else could have been done and why they might not work Have a system for doctor to reduce scripts Some practice out of home with limited technology Regular screening for chronic pain individuals Many patients are nursing home bound or are too ill to leave their homes Have a special system of codes to allow for multiple refills such as currently in place for three month supplies Some people might forge the special code to receive a greater day supply Best way to solve this is by having the doctors participate in a system and reduce the number of scripts written Benefits that include less doctor hopping and reduce abuse of prescription pills Petition law makers to switch system over to doctors and require them to report...
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...before you can move on with your present life. The doctor is a very creative person, who is primarily working as a psychiatrist. We first hear about his former work in Africa as a one of the doctors without borders. He is a very unselfish person who doesn’t want a servant in his house, but does it anyway because she needs the money for her family. Besides that he is gentle and loving person, which shows when he discovers that Celia likes drawing. This discovery also shows us how creative the doctor is when he starts to teach Celia to unfold her gift of drawing. His drawings is a way of relaxing and it lets his thoughts flow and go were ever they may go. What before was his way of relaxing has now become his gateway to all the bad things that happened in Africa. Besides his creative mind he’s really not a man’s man because he’s afraid of cockroaches and other creepy crawlers. After what happened in Africa he starts getting some compulsive behavioral thoughts because he can’t let go of the “what if” thought after Celia’s death. The relationship between Celia and the Doctor is slowly on the way of growing into a romantic relationship. Even though Celia is his housekeeper, he sees her as a good friend and treats her with a great deal of respect. When he finds out that she likes drawing he starts to teach her to unfold her drawing skills and they spend a lot of time drawing together. Later on she finds out that the Doctor is afraid of cockroaches and she doesn’t mind helping...
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...apartment at the top of a three-story building. Johnsy's real name was Joanna. In November, a cold, unseen stranger came to visit the city. This disease, pneumonia, killed many people. Johnsy lay on her bed, hardly moving. She looked through the small window. She could see the side of the brick house next to her building. One morning, a doctor examined Johnsy and took her temperature. Then he spoke with Sue in another room. "She has one chance in -- let us say ten," he said. "And that chance is for her to want to live. Your friend has made up her mind that she is not going to get well. Has she anything on her mind?" "She -- she wanted to paint the Bay of Naples in Italy some day," said Sue. "Paint?" said the doctor. "Bosh! Has she anything on her mind worth thinking twice -- a man for example?" "A man?" said Sue. "Is a man worth -- but, no, doctor; there is nothing of the kind." "I will do all that science can do," said the doctor. "But whenever my patient begins to count the carriages at her funeral, I take away fifty percent from the curative power of medicines." After the doctor had gone, Sue went into the workroom and cried. Then she went to Johnsy's room with her drawing board, whistling ragtime. Johnsy lay with her face toward the window. Sue stopped whistling, thinking she was asleep. She began making a pen and ink drawing for a story in a magazine. Young artists must work their way to "Art" by making pictures for magazine stories. Sue heard a low sound, several...
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...they are seen at their exact appointment time. It is a very rare story when patients are kept waiting and are not entertained by the doctors on the allotted time. Booking the appointments realistically ensured that the appointments remain on schedule. Giving proper amount of time for each visit helped a lot to run the schedule on track. Patients’ being allotted some specific time and the availability of adequate amount of examining room was also an important factor. Availability of some assistants and instructing them on the standing operating procedures based on the workload proved to be an add-on. Initial paper work took some time, so the new patients were asked to come earlier so that the work could be completed on time. Also informing the new patients to adhere to appointment timings was a usual practice to avoid delays. What procedures were followed to keep the appointment system flexible enough to accommodate the emergency cases, and yet be able to keep up with the other patients’ appointments? It is often observed that doctors misuse the time and often emergency cases are taken as excuses for not adhering to the schedule. It was important to make the system flexible to adjust the emergency cases as well as to adhere to the timelines and get back to schedule. In case of real emergencies like fractures or caesarean section etc., all other appointments could be dropped; however in case of small issues, the doctor was expected to come back on track as early as possible and give...
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...Falling from three stories Due to different circumstances I spent my year of high school living in Independence Village with my aunt Kerra. Like most children, I was quite disobedient and always insisted on having my own way; regardless of the consequences thee after. This particular day started off like any other, but ended so differently, that it almost cost me my life. As my Lincoln (my cousin), and I came home from school, my aunt told him that one the parrots had flown away to one of the nearby trees and didn’t wanted to come down, and that he needed to go for it. Of course I jumped on that ban wagon and went behind him too; but as I was about to climb up the tree, my aunt came to me and told me to come down. I really didn’t saw the purpose of her demand, nor did I saw the harm in me going up the tree with Lincoln neither; because after all, “I always di climb deh-ya trees with he”. None the less, she insisted and insisted that I came down and went upstairs, so I went upstairs but as she turned her back on me, I went right back up the tree to where my cousin was; about three stories high. When I got to where Lincoln was, he smiled and said good thing I came because he cannot reach the parrot but being that I was taller than he was, we’ d switch places, I would reach for the parrot, pass it to him, and then come down. So just as we planned, we swapped place, I got parrot, passed it to him and just as he stepped back, off the limb that we were on and I step forward...
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...FAITH LAPIDUS: Now, the VOA Special English program AMERICAN STORIES.Our story today is called "The Last Leaf." It was written by O. Henry. Here is Barbara Klein with the story. (MUSIC) BARBARA KLEIN: Many artists lived in the Greenwich Village area of New York. Two young women named Sue and Johnsy shared a studio apartment at the top of a three-story building. Johnsy's real name was Joanna. In November, a cold, unseen stranger came to visit the city. This disease, pneumonia, killed many people. Johnsy lay on her bed, hardly moving. She looked through the small window. She could see the side of the brick house next to her building. One morning, a doctor examined Johnsy and took her temperature. Then he spoke with Sue in another room. "She has one chance in -- let us say ten," he said. "And that chance is for her to want to live. Your friend has made up her mind that she is not going to get well. Has she anything on her mind?" "She -- she wanted to paint the Bay of Naples in Italy some day," said Sue. "Paint?" said the doctor. "Bosh! Has she anything on her mind worth thinking twice -- a man for example?" "A man?" said Sue. "Is a man worth -- but, no, doctor; there is nothing of the kind." "I will do all that science can do," said the doctor. "But whenever my patient begins to count the carriages at her funeral, I take away fifty percent from the curative power of medicines." After the doctor had gone, Sue went into the workroom and cried. Then she went to Johnsy's...
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...years of trying and no luck was so frustrating to the point that it created such sadness in my life. By keeping my faith that things would change for our small family a “Miracle Of Life “ happened; in July I went to the Doctor for a cold and they asked me some questions and the Doctor said lets run some tests to rule a few things out so I agreed; after about an hour of waiting for the results to come back the Doctor said have a seat; the results are not that you have a cold you are pregnant. In that moment I was so overwhelmed and emotional but filled with so much joy that I couldn’t even think; this is my story. Finally I’m pregnant to be able to tell my husband that I was carrying the life we had wanted and waited for so many years was such a blessing; this is the Miracle I had been praying for. With the excitement in full effect changes and things were going to start happening so fast it was time to prepare for this life I was growing inside of me. At around 18 weeks we finally got to see the ultrasound and maybe even see the sex of our unborn child; the doctor said we know what the sex is of your baby would you like to know of course I said yes. My heart was racing and I was very emotional at the time and when the doctor announced it a boy we were so overjoyed to finally know what our bundle of joy’s sex was and in my mind this was truly a miracle after struggling to get pregnant for so long. At times...
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...Paper on Play Read in Class 2 In the Next Room The story is about a group of people that are sexually frustrated with their loved ones. It begins with a couple named Mr. Daldry, and Mrs. Daldry, Mr. Daldry thinks that his wife Mrs. Daldry is ill with some kind of illness that made her not like what she used to be in their sex life, so they went to see a doctor named Mr. Givings. Mr. Givings had invited something called vibrator, and he thinks that it will help patient with their sex life, but he doesn’t relies that his own wife Mrs.Givings have the same illness as Mrs. Daldry . The play is more like a dark comedy mixed with sad drama, you laugh and at the same time you feel sorry for the characters, like when Mrs. Givings said to her baby that she will find him a nice wet nurse with healthy milk, and then she was near tears, but she recovered. The play in the nearly end turned to be more serious. The set will be divided into two rooms, the doctor office and the lobby. At the play's climax, the actors step through the imaginary wall dividing the rooms to create the third and final scene, outdoors in the snow. Snow is used throughout the play as a symbol of love. There is couple of things that I think might be difficult to approach during the play. The first thing is the dividing the stage into two rooms. To solve this problem we will need to have a large stage that can be divided into more than two rooms. The second problem is to let the audience feel and what the...
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...Rucha Phadtare Professor Emily Van Buskirk “Stories of the Self” 12 November 2014 Dr. Ragin Meets Gregor Samsa Andrey Yefimich stared at the specimen in front of him in surprise. He’d never investigated a case quite like this before. It had been Mikhail Averyanich who had suggested anxiously that he take the trip, insinuating that the distance from the ward might provide him with some mental clarity. He has insisted it would be best from his health, and Andrey Yefimich had agreed reluctantly. Mikhail Averyanich first heard about Gregor from an acquaintance living in the Samsas’ neighborhood after three boarders had left the Samsas’ residence because of what they referred to as inhabitable conditions due to an outrageous housemate. Gregor stared curiously up at the doctor, wondering who had decided to call him in. He decided the practical thing would be to first introduce himself. “Hello, doctor. Good to see you,” Gregor clicked. Andrey Yefimich looked startled for a moment and then peered closer at Gregor. Gregor stood perfectly still so as not to scare him. He considered backing up a few steps but then realized he might come across as frightened instead of wary. As much as he wished to lessen the doctor’s discomfort, he didn’t want to create the impression of being a frightened insect that would skitter away at the slightest move. After all, here was the first person to come so close to him, willingly and unrepulsed. “Is he trying to communicate?” Andrey...
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...Uncle Vanya Grown-up literature is kind of strange and sad, don't you think? Most characters within children's literature, from Tom Sawyer to Harry Potter, struggle against adversity, and ultimately find a sense of meaning and satisfaction in their lives. Most characters in "grown up" books and plays struggle against adversity, which is usually rooted in some psychologically complex inner conflict, and ultimately find that life has no meaning and no guarantee of satisfaction. At least, this seems to be the case with the stories and dramas in my big, thick Literature textbook. And it certainly seems to be the case when that Literature (with a capital L) is penned by a Russian. Such is the case with Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov. The play is filled with downtrodden fools, some ignorant, some self-aware; all are miserable because they have pursued the wrong goals. The Setting: Uncle Vanya takes place in a large estate tucked away in the Russian countryside. Possibly, the location was inspired by Chekhov's country home at the time the play was written. In the 1890s, hoping to improve his health and his connections with his fellow man, Chekhov moved his family to a small rural settlement called Melikhovo, located about forty miles south of Moscow. Much of the play finds its characters in conflict with their surroundings. The characters from the city find country life to be unbearably unsatisfying. The country-bred characters find that their city-bred counterparts are infectiously...
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