CLASS 9
THE LAST LEAF
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Question
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“At the top of a squatty, three-story brick Sue and Johnsy had their studio.”
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“A mite of a little woman ____ “
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“The ivy leaf was still there.”
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“‘When the last one falls I must go, too.”’
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Detailed explanation-1: -Throughout the story, Johnsy is having an internal conflict with herself. She has to battle sickness and is losing. Johnsy also has to battle her friend Sue. Not physically, but Johnsy wants to die and Sue doesn’t want to let her saying “Think of me, if you won’t think of yourself."
Detailed explanation-2: -In this story, the resolution is achieved when Johnsy is fully recovered and learns of Mr. Behrman’s unselfish secrifice-he had finally painted his masterpiece and saved her life, but tragically lost his own in the process.
Detailed explanation-3: -“The Last Leaf” concerns Johnsy, a poor young woman who is seriously ill with pneumonia. She believes that when the ivy vine on the wall outside her window loses all its leaves, she will also die. Her neighbour Behrman, an artist, tricks her by painting a leaf on the wall.
Detailed explanation-4: -Answers. Johnsy tells Sue she is counting leaves. She tells Sue that she will die when the last leaf falls.