through hard situations‚ but she manages to keep a positive attitude through it. In “The Last Leaf” the main character must help her best friend through difficult times. The central figure in “The Last Leaf” helps her friend no matter what. In “The Washwoman” the lead character goes through hard times; nevertheless she does not give up. All these short stories teach valuable life lessons through their main characters. In “Gwilan’s Harp” Gwilan‚ the protagonist‚ must go through numerous hard situations
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I picked my own story for The American writer O. Henry The Name of story is: The Last Leaf a brief summary of the story: The short story took place in New York City where two friends - Sue and Johnsy - live‚ work in art in a poor apartment‚ and publish their drawings in magazines‚ and thereby earning their living‚ and like any other artist‚ they hope to draw a masterpiece one day. One day‚ Johnsy fell prey to pneumonia. The doctor visited her and told her friend-Sue- that Johnsy could be cured
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The Last Leaf To be perfect short story neatness‚ brevity and a significant incident or an aspect of character or an experience of some psychological moment is essential. Within its short frame work‚ it must have a beginning‚ middle and an end. There must be completeness in its structure. All the elements plot‚ character‚ dialogue‚ descriptions and background must be organically connected with other. Generally a good story has a surprising end which bears a sense of endlessness. All these characteristics
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message that comes through the most powerfully for me is that you should not judge people by their outward appearances or social persona. SETTINGS The setting of the story takes place in a place called Greenwich Village‚ which is in New York. The last leaf takes place in New York City. The largest city in America‚ the location of the story is a small part of New York known as “Greenwich Village” and it is pronounced as “Grennitch” it depicts New York in the light of struggling artist. And it is winter
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A Short Story By O’ Henry Themes: Death and Dying: Last leaf is a short story that entails the treasury of life and the existence of faith and hope. It need to the importance of living and how we deal with the hindrances we battle through our life story. It is a moving story across the traps that come across us in the most significant parts of our lives‚ the value of life is the centerpiece of story‚ where all the things go back and revolve…Apart of this story gives us a hint that God is the only
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that she believes that when the last leaf falls from the vine outside her window‚ she will die. An old artist‚ named Behrman‚ who lives in the same building as the girls‚ braves a storm one night to paint a leaf on the wall — a leaf that will never fall. Cold and wet from painting in the icy rain‚ he catches pneumonia and dies. This gives Johnsy the hope to survive her illness‚ and it also creates the masterpiece Behrman had always dreamed of painting. CHARACTERS JOHNSY - She suffers from pneumonia
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Narrator: Greenwich Village‚ a section of New York City‚ attracts those who are interested in arts. At the top of an old three story brick house lives 2 friends‚ Johnsy and Sue. During the month of November‚ pneumonia visited the city‚ touching victim after victim‚ including Johnsy. For days‚ Johnsy lays on a hospital bed while her friend Sue watches over her. One day‚ another one of their friends visited Johnsy in the hospital. Friend: Johnsy! I heard that you contracted pneumonia! How are you
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THE LAST LEAF SCENE ONE NARRATOR: In New York City‚ there’s a small district just west of Washington Square‚ where the narrow‚ irregular streets have run crazy and broken themselves into short strips called places. It’s an ancient‚ residential community where many of the beautiful‚ old‚ brick houses date back to the 1820’s‚ when an epidemic forced people from the city to what was then a rural suburban village. Now‚ in the final year of the nineteenth century‚ we find clusters of colorful restaurants
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The Last Leaf (by O. Henry) Analysis O. Henry is one of the most famous American short story writers. His real name was William Sydney Porter and he was born on September 11‚ 1862. In 1894 was accused of stealing money and went to prison. While in prison Porter first started to write short stories. After Porter was released‚ he changed his name to O. Henry and published his stories in magazines. O. Henry’s short stories are famous for their surprise endings and humor. O. Henry’s wrote such classic
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The Last Leaf In his wonderful short-story The Last Leaf‚ O.Henry depicts a really admirable person - old Behrman. The story depicts the lives of artists in America at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. At that time arts people were massively settling in Greenwich Village attracted by eighteen century gables‚ Dutch attics and low rents‚ making this district an arts hub of this huge city. Two young artists Sue and Johnsy meet at a café. They become friends and find their tastes and opinions
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