PLANTS
THE LEAF
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Question
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He is finally ready to create his masterpiece.
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He has no will to live, so he makes himself susceptible to pneumonia.
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He wants to protect Johnsy and Sue.
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He wants to make a mural on the building so Johnsy will have something nice to look at.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Answer: Johnsy, his neighbour who had been suffering from pneumonia, had developed a strong belief that she would die the day the last leaf of the creeper outside her window fell. Behrman felt that he had to paint the leaf that night in order to save her life, as all the leaves had fallen off in the storm.
Detailed explanation-2: -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.
Detailed explanation-3: -Behram’s masterpiece is the last ivy leaf on the vine. Sue says this because it looked as original as the real ivy leaf which fell at night. Johnsy was looking at the painting and thinking it to be real. That is how she recovered from her depression as she had linked her death to the last ivy leaf on the vine.
Detailed explanation-4: -She tried to instil in her a desire to live a happy life. When her condition started deteriorating, she became anxious and informed Behrman about her condition. Behrman took it seriously. He painted the leaf on the wall to save her life. So, Sue succeeds in saving her life.