...The Last Leaf (by O. Henry) Analysis O. Henry is one of the most famous American short story writers. His real name was William Sydney Porter and he was born on September 11, 1862. In 1894 was accused of stealing money and went to prison. While in prison Porter first started to write short stories. After Porter was released, he changed his name to O. Henry and published his stories in magazines. O. Henry’s short stories are famous for their surprise endings and humor. O. Henry's wrote such classic short stories as The Ransom of Red Chief, “The Gift of the Magi” and “The Furnished Room”. One of his stories with surprise endingis The Last Leaf. The theme of the story is hope belief and self-sacrifice. When Mr. Behrman hears of the severity of Johnsy’s condition, he decides to help. So Johnsy will be convinced to fight the pneumonia, he paints the exact image of the last leaf on the branch outside her window the day the last leaf fell. He sacrifices his health for Johnsy’s because he goes out at cold night and gets sick too. But he helps her gain hope that she was meant to live past her sickness. The last leaf is an short story, which is written from third point of view, which is clear from following lines: At the top of a squatty, three-story brick Sue and Johnsy had their studio. or One morning the busy doctor invited Sue into the hallway with a shaggy, gray eyebrow. The story takes place in Greenwich Village in autumn. Sue and Johnsy met and decided to share a flat...
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...The last leaf “The Last Leaf” - The Hope That Heal. "The Last Leaf" by O. Henry is an interesting short story about a sick girl named Johnsy, who is deeply affected by a bare vine tree. Johnsy has decided she will not get well and has reconciled herself with the fact that she is going to die when the last leaf falls off the ivy bush outside her bedroom window. Johnsy's hopelessness and willingness to accept the worst without a fight is a major statement about the emotional state of the character. In his wonderful short-story “the last leaf”, using sacrificial themes, fear of pneumonia and a twist on the fatalistic tone, O.Henry depicted a really meaningful goal: Life must have hope. In brief, I love this story very much. Its plot and its characters are simply, but it is a very touching story that makes I recognize many things in life. Life is meaningful only for people who have hope and love. The hope helps us live better and heals our body and spirit. Hope is the foundation of our personal futures; each of us would probably suicide without hope. It is the virtue that helps us overcome obstacles. Without hope, we seem to give up easily like Johnsy in the story. Without hope, there is nothing. Another important thing in life is love. O. Henry, through the story, advices us should love ourselves and other people. The love between three persons, Johnsy, Sue and old Behrman makes a moving story. Johnsy had sometimes forgotten loving herself and cause the worry for Sue, but the...
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...O. HENRY, THE LAST LEAF In the 1890s, many artists lived in Greenwich Village, in New York City. Sue and Johnsy were artists. The two girls met each other in the month of May, at a restaurant in Greenwich Village. ‘I’m from the State of Maine,’ Sue said to Johnsy. ‘I draw pictures for stories in magazines.’ ‘I’m from California,’ Johnsy said to Sue. ‘But I want to go to Italy. I want to paint a picture of the Bay of Naples!’ The two girls talked happily for an hour – about art, about clothes, about food. Soon after their first meeting, Sue and Johnsy moved into a studio apartment together. Their rooms were at the top of an old brick house in Greenwich Village. In December, it was very cold in New York. Snow fell and there was ice in the ground. Many people in the city became ill. The illness was called pneumonia. The doctors tried to help the sick people, but many of them died. That month, Johnsy had pneumonia. She was very ill. She lay in her bed and she did not move. A doctor visited her every day. But Johnsy was not getting better. One morning, the doctor spoke quietly to Sue outside Johnsy’s room. ‘I can’t help her,’ the doctor said. ‘She is very sad. She doesn’t want to live. Someone must make her happy again. What is she interested in?’ ‘She’s an artist,’ Sue replied. ‘She wants to paint a picture of the Bay of Naples.’ ‘Painting!’ said the doctor. ‘That won’t help her!’ The doctor left the apartment. Sue went into her own room and she cried quietly for a few minutes. Then...
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...------------------------------------------------- O. Henry (1862—1910), born William Sidney Porter, in Greensboro, North Carolina. When he was a young man, ------------------------------------------------- O. Henry moved to Texas and worked on a ranch for three years. Later, he moved to Houston, worked for a newspaper ------------------------------------------------- for a year, then bought a newspaper of his own in Austin, Texas for $250. He was not pleased with his newspaper's title; ------------------------------------------------- so he renamed it The Rolling Stone. For a while, he did the writing and even the illustrations, but couldn't keep it up. The ------------------------------------------------- Rolling Stone apparently gathered moss and failed. He was a master of the short story . He was an American story writer whose real name was William Sydney Porter.. ------------------------------------------------- Johnsy and Sue are artists who move into Greenwich Village in New York City.As winter approaches and the weather gets colder, Johnsy becomes ill with pneumonia. She gets so sick that she believes that when the last leaf falls from the vine outside her window , she will die. An old artist , named Behrman , who lives in the same building as the girls, braves a storm one night to paint a leaf on the wall – a leaf that will never fall.Cold and wet from painting in the icy rain , he catches pneumonia and dies. This gives Johnsy the hope to survive her illness...
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...known by his pen name O. Henry, was an American writer. O. Henry's short stories are known for their wit, wordplay, warm characterization, and clever twist endings. O. Henry was born under the name of William Sydney Porter September 11, 1862 in Greensboro , North Carolina , USA . His middle name is Sidney , but was later changed to Sydney in 1898 . His father , Dr. Algernon Sydney Porter (1825-1888) , and his mother was Mary Jane Virginia Swain Porter ( 1833-1865 ) . They were married April 20, 1858 . His mother died of tuberculosis when he was 3 years old . Then Porter and father moved to live with her grandmother . Even as a child , Porter was very avid reader . He read everything he has, from the economic works of fiction to me cheap . and he studied at the private school her aunt , Evelina Maria Porter , employed until 1876 . He then continued his studies at the Lindsey Street High School under the auspices of his aunt until the age of 15 . In 1879 he worked for his uncle effective medicine , and then , in 1881 , when 19 years old , he obtained a pharmacist. Porter moved to Austin in 1884 VACO a pretty exciting life here. He participated in both singing and acting. By 1894, he founded the weekly newspaper The Rolling Stone humorous and served as editor. He also worked for other newspapers and journalists contributed occasionally drawing cartoons. In 1919, the Arts and Science (Society of Arts and Sciences) set "O. Henry Memorial Award" (O. Henry Memorial Awards), awarded...
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..."The Last Leaf" by O. Henry is an interesting short story about a sick girl named Johnsy, who is deeply affected by a bare vine tree. Johnsy has decided she will not get well and has reconciled herself with the fact that she is going to die when the last leaf falls off the ivy bush outside her bedroom window. Johnsy's hopelessness and willingness to accept the worst without a fight is a major statement about the emotional state of the character. In his wonderful short-story “the last leaf”, using sacrificial themes, fear of pneumonia and a twist on the fatalistic tone, O.Henry depicted a really meaningful goal: Life must have hope. In brief, I love this story very much. Its plot and its characters are simply, but it is a very touching story that makes I recognize many things in life. Life is meaningful only for people who have hope and love. The hope helps us live better and heals our body and spirit. Hope is the foundation of our personal futures; each of us would probably suicide without hope. It is the virtue that helps us overcome obstacles. Without hope, we seem to give up easily like Johnsy in the story. Without hope, there is nothing. Another important thing in life is love. O. Henry, through the story, advices us should love ourselves and other people. The love between three persons, Johnsy, Sue and old Behrman makes a moving story. Johnsy had sometimes forgotten loving herself and cause the worry for Sue, but the biggest love is the love of the old Behrman for Johnsy...
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...The Last Leaf by O. Henry from The Gift of the Magi and Other Stories This Level 1 ELLSA lesson can be accessed on the internet at http://www.rdlthai.com/ellsa_lastleaf1.html Lesson plan and text: Jeffrey Taschner, 1999 Print and web-adaptation: John Morgan, 1999 © USIA, 1999. All rights reserved 1. SYNOPSIS 1a) Synopsis Johnsy and Sue are artists who move into Greenwich Village in New York City. As Winter approaches and the weather gets colder, Johnsy becomes ill with pneumonia. She gets so sick that she believes that when the last leaf falls from the vine outside her window, she will die. An old artist, named Behrman, who lives in the same building as the girls, braves a storm one night to paint a leaf on the wall — a leaf that will never fall. Cold and wet from painting in the icy rain, he catches pneumonia and dies. This gives Johnsy the hope to survive her illness, and it also creates the masterpiece Behrman had always dreamed of painting. 1b) Vocab checkpoint • approaches (verb) To approach is to move towards. It is often used with seasons and special occasions (New Year, Christmas, birthdays) as in the example here, as well as with people and moving objects (vehicles, etc). • becomes (verb) In this example, becomes has the same meaning as "gets". With illnesses, we often use "to fall", or "to be taken": Johnsy fell ill/Johnsy was taken ill • pneumonia (noun) Pneumonia is a serious illness of the lungs. • vine (noun) A vine is like a...
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...The Last Leaf by O. Henry from The Gift of the Magi and Other Stories This Level 1 ELLSA lesson can be accessed on the internet at http://www.rdlthai.com/ellsa_lastleaf1.html Lesson plan and text: Jeffrey Taschner, 1999 Print and web-adaptation: John Morgan, 1999 © USIA, 1999. All rights reserved 1. SYNOPSIS 1a) Synopsis Johnsy and Sue are artists who move into Greenwich Village in New York City. As Winter approaches and the weather gets colder, Johnsy becomes ill with pneumonia. She gets so sick that she believes that when the last leaf falls from the vine outside her window, she will die. An old artist, named Behrman, who lives in the same building as the girls, braves a storm one night to paint a leaf on the wall — a leaf that will never fall. Cold and wet from painting in the icy rain, he catches pneumonia and dies. This gives Johnsy the hope to survive her illness, and it also creates the masterpiece Behrman had always dreamed of painting. 1b) Vocab checkpoint • approaches (verb) To approach is to move towards. It is often used with seasons and special occasions (New Year, Christmas, birthdays) as in the example here, as well as with people and moving objects (vehicles, etc). • becomes (verb) In this example, becomes has the same meaning as "gets". With illnesses, we often use "to fall", or "to be taken": Johnsy fell ill/Johnsy was taken ill • pneumonia (noun) Pneumonia is a serious illness of the lungs. • vine (noun) A vine is like...
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...Analysis of the Last Leaf Essay – The Last Leaf The Last Leaf is a short story of the author O’ Henry. O’ Henry is an American short story writer, he lived from 1862 and died in 1910 and he is known for his unexpected endings. The story takes place in New York in the area called Greenwich in the 1890s. I think it is a fictitious story. “The last leaf” is not written in details, the text is simple and the sentences are short. The atmosphere is very serious and a bit tragic, because Johnsy is very sick and she wants to die, for example stands there on page one, second column, line three. “‘I can’t help her,’ the doctor said. ‘She is very sad. She doesn’t want to live.” Here you get a feeling that the story is very serious and unhappy. The characters are Sue, Johnsy and Behrmann. All three is artist and they live in the same old brick house. Sue is from the State of Maine and draw pictures for magazines. Johnsy is from California and she wants to paint a picture of the Bay of Naples. The two girls live together. Behrmann is an older man and live downstairs the two girls. The story has an introduction, where you hear a little about Greenwich and that the two girls are artist. The events is presented is chronological order and there is not any flashbacks. There is an open ending, because you don’t know what will happen with the two girls. I think the ending is very unpredictable, because you don’t expect that Behrman will die, just that Johnsy will get healthy again, so...
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...ANALYZING ‘THE LAST LEAF’ Author: O’Henry He is known for startling his readers with surprise endings. A surprise ending is an unexpected twist at the end of a story that you did not predict. Even though an ending is a surprise, it must be believable.Writers make surprise endings believable by giving you a few hints about the ending without giving it away Title: The title suggests a tree with only one leaf on it. It implies that the most important thing about the story is the leaf. After reading the story we realize that this idea makes sense because it is the leaves that make Johnsy think she is going to die and it is the last leaf painted by their old neighbour that enables her live. Setting: Greenwich Village in NY in an apartment. Around the turn of the 20th century in Autumn. Point of view: Third person point of view. Limited. Central Conflict: Johnsy catches Pneumonia and thinks she is going to die. She has a little chance to live and she needs sth to give her the will to go on living. Her roommate Sue tries hard to give her hope. Her struggle to find sth for her dear friend to make her want to continue living again is an external conflict. Johnsy struggles against the deadly disease. External conflict. PLOT Exposition: In this part O. Henry describes the section of town called Greenwich Village and describes the various artists and free-thinkers who live there. Among those are Sue and Johnsy, female roommates that share a flat together and are aspiring artists...
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...Essay – The Last Leaf The Last Leaf is a short story of the author O’ Henry. O’ Henry is an American short story writer, he lived from 1862 and died in 1910 and he is known for his unexpected endings. The story takes place in New York in the area called Greenwich in the 1890s. I think it is a fictitious story. “The last leaf” is not written in details, the text is simple and the sentences are short. The atmosphere is very serious and a bit tragic, because Johnsy is very sick and she wants to die, for example stands there on page one, second column, line three. “‘I can’t help her,’ the doctor said. ‘She is very sad. She doesn’t want to live.” Here you get a feeling that the story is very serious and unhappy. The characters are Sue, Johnsy and Behrmann. All three is artist and they live in the same old brick house. Sue is from the State of Maine and draw pictures for magazines. Johnsy is from California and she wants to paint a picture of the Bay of Naples. The two girls live together. Behrmann is an older man and live downstairs the two girls. The story has an introduction, where you hear a little about Greenwich and that the two girls are artist. The events is presented is chronological order and there is not any flashbacks. There is an open ending, because you don’t know what will happen with the two girls. I think the ending is very unpredictable, because you don’t expect that Behrman will die, just that Johnsy will get healthy again, so the ending is surprising. It is...
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...Essay – The Last Leaf The Last Leaf is a short story of the author O’ Henry. O’ Henry is an American short story writer, he lived from 1862 and died in 1910 and he is known for his unexpected endings. The story takes place in New York in the area called Greenwich in the 1890s. I think it is a fictitious story. “The last leaf” is not written in details, the text is simple and the sentences are short. The atmosphere is very serious and a bit tragic, because Johnsy is very sick and she wants to die, for example stands there on page one, second column, line three. “‘I can’t help her,’ the doctor said. ‘She is very sad. She doesn’t want to live.” Here you get a feeling that the story is very serious and unhappy. The characters are Sue, Johnsy and Behrmann. All three is artist and they live in the same old brick house. Sue is from the State of Maine and draw pictures for magazines. Johnsy is from California and she wants to paint a picture of the Bay of Naples. The two girls live together. Behrmann is an older man and live downstairs the two girls. The story has an introduction, where you hear a little about Greenwich and that the two girls are artist. The events is presented is chronological order and there is not any flashbacks. There is an open ending, because you don’t know what will happen with the two girls. I think the ending is very unpredictable, because you don’t expect that Behrman will die, just that Johnsy will get healthy again, so the ending is surprising. ...
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...The Last Leaf by O. Henry This story takes place in New York City where two young women share an apartment. They, like all the tenents in their building, are artists who earn their daily break making drawings for magazine advertisements. All the artists, though, hope to paint a masterpiece, someday. One of the girls has come down with pneumonia. She isn't in a hospital (as she would be today) but is being nursed by her room-mate. The doctor has visited the apartment and advises the healthy girl that her ill friend will only recover if she has the will to live. The sick girl is in bed staring out the window. On this rainy November day, she is staring through the window watching leaves fall from a vine on the opposite building wall. She announces that when the last leaf falls, she will die. The nurse is in a panic. She does her best to bring some cheer, to infuse her friend with the will to live. The sick girl refuses to improve. The healthy girl visits an old artist who lives downstairs. She tells the old drunk that their friend needs a reason to live. He scoffs at this suggestion, and our nurse goes home dejected. The next day, the last leaf is still on the vine. And, the next day, it's still there. Our patient begins to improve. The doctor visits and gives her a much better chance of survival. But, he lets her know that the old man downstairs is now stricken with pneumonia. They found him in his room sick, wet, and cold. Outside was a ladder and his pallette...
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...comments or questions have been heard by all. SEPTEMBER 05,2014 TQC (GRADE 9) Narrative Report The group first meeting was held last September 5, 2014. First meeting took place in the school library, the meeting was planned in advance. The said meeting was attended by 5 participants namely: Mrs. Bernadette Siman, Mrs. Banogon , Mrs. Cherrie Chico Pascual, Ms. Mary Grace Dollisen and Mr. Rodolfo Fabillar. The main aim was to discuss collaboratively the strategies to facilitate effective and efficient teaching. During this session the teachers have discussed the different strategies/techniques and activities to be used in discussing Lesson 2 of Module 2 in the learners material. For Day one the group has decided to discuss the poem “The Man with the Hoe”. For Day two the topic will be sonnet 29, and Rhyme scheme for day three. The students will be able to identify the rhyme scheme and use it in a poem and illustrate their own version of “ The Man with the Hoe”. These will be their outputs for Lesson 2. The second TQC was held last Septembe11, 2014. On this day the group shared the problems encountered while executing the activities discussed last TQC. After the discussion of the problems the group collaboratively worked on the strategies to be used for Lesson 3 of module 2. The group has decided to discuss the story “The Last Leaf” by O’ Henry. The strategies chosen were presenting a Poster of the...
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...Ever since the Fall of Adam and Eve loss entered the world and consequently, loss became a natural part of life. In fact, it has become so common that it has appeared in various stories. Ursula K. LeGuin’s “Gwilan’s Harp”, Issac Singer’s “The Washwoman”, and O. Henry’s “The Last Leaf” all contain losses that notably alter the lives of their characters. The most noticeable losses in each story are losses of individuals, such as Gwilan’s loss of her sympathetic husband, the Jewish family’s loss of a diligent and dedicated wash woman, and Sue and Johnsy’s loss of a self-sacrificing neighbor. But, there are also the less perceptible losses of health found in these stories that gravely affect their story-lines. In “Gwilan’s Harp” Gwilan, a harpist,...
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