PLANTS
THE LEAF
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Because it was beautiful.
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Because there is no greater masterpiece than laying one’s life down for a friend
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Because it’s colors were very bright.
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Sue calls the leaf painting a masterpiece because it made Johnsy believe that it was the real, natural leaf left on the creeper and this gave her the will to live and she was able to recover from her illness.
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: -Answer: Behrman’s painting of a leaf is known as a “masterpiece” since it saved Johnsy’s life by rekindling her desire to live. Behrman was a sixty-year old painter who resided on the ground floor of the apartment where Sue and Johnsy were staying. He had a lifelong vision to paint a masterpiece.
Detailed explanation-4: -Ans. Behrman’s dream was to paint a masterpiece. It eventually comes true when he paints the last leaf on an ivy creeper and that painted last leaf seems to be a real one.
Detailed explanation-5: -That’s Behrman’s masterpiece. He painted it the night the last leaf fell.” 1. What is Johnsy’s illness?