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: -Why was Johnsy counting the leaves on the creeper outside her window?, Answer: Johnsy had made up her mind that the day the last leaf fell off the creeper, she would die. So she was counting the leaves as they fell off the creeper., Question 7.

Detailed explanation-3: -How did Johnsy associate herself with the falling leaves? Answer: It was autumn and the ivy creeper leaves were falling gradually. This depressed an already ill Johnsy and strangely enough she associated her falling health with the leaves. She believed that she would die when the last leaf fell.

Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -Johnsy linked the falling of leaves to her life. She thought that with the falling of each leaf, she was nearing her death. Sue told her that there could be no relationship between falling leaves and her life. But, at the same time, Sue did not argue with Johnsy and did not contradict her belief.