CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LITERATURE

Detailed explanation-1: -hundreds of leaves Johnsy tells Sue she is counting leaves. She tells Sue that she will die when the last leaf falls. five leaves Johnsy thinks the last leaf will fall overnight, and then she will die, too.

Detailed explanation-2: -Joanna was counting the falling leaves because she had lost all hope of living. She believed that with the fall of last leaf, she will also leave this world. That’s why she was counting the leaves in the descending order, making a note of how many days she had left before the last leaf falls.

Detailed explanation-3: -Johnsy is counting the leaves because she will die when the last leaf falls.

Detailed explanation-4: -Ans: Johnsy kept looking out of the window and counted backwards to note the number of leaves left on the ivy-creeper. She believed that she would die when the last leaf fell whereas the leaves were falling in a normal process of nature during the autumn season.

Detailed explanation-5: -Why does Johnsy count the leaves? She compares herself to the falling leaves; she believes that when she counts none left, she will die.