“Mr. Pneumonia was not a chivalrous old gentleman. A mite of a woman with blood thinned by California zephyrs was hardly fair game for the old duffer.” This quote comes from a fictional short story called The Last Leaf by O. Henry. It tells the story of a woman‚ Johnsy‚ who is stricken with pneumonia and has chosen to let fate decide whether she will survive or not. The three things that stand out in this story are its conflicts‚ its suspense‚ and its theme. The conflicts within this story are
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INT. BAR “THE FOOL” - NIGHT FADE IN: Only a spotlight shines on FIONA’s face. She’s in her late twenties‚ kind of pretty‚ but somewhat dark and peculiar. Her long hair is dishevelled and her style messy. She wears a black hooded sweatshirt with old brown leather boots. The outlines of a stage are vaguely recognizable. The rest stays in the dark. For a moment It seems like a theatre stage. Everything is silent. Fiona stands in front of a microphone. Her eyes are closed‚ she seems nervous. Slowly
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1. The Gift of the Magi 2. The Cop and the Anthem 3. The Making of a New Yorker 4. The Last Leaf 5. The Poet and the Peasant 6. Holding up a Train 7. Law and Order 8. One Thousand Dollars 9. Girl 10. The Dream 11. The Making of a New Yorker Besides many other things‚ Raggles was a poet. He was called a tramp; but that was only an elliptical way of saying that he was a philosopher‚ an artist‚ a traveller‚ a naturalist and a discoverer. But most of all he was a poet. In all
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Kindle: Full Text + Learning Guide Nook: Learning Guide Sony Reader: Learning Guide Amazon Print-on-Demand The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare Home Literature The Merchant of Venice Events Act 1‚ Scene 2 Intro Summary Themes Quotes Characters Analysis Questions Photos Quizzes Flashcards Best of the Web Write Essay * Summary * ------------------------------------------------- Brief Summary * Chapter Summaries * ------------------------------------------------- Act 1
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BIOGRAPHY OF O. HENRY O. Henry is one of the most famous American short story writers. O. Henry’s real name was William Sydney Porter and he was born in Greensboro‚ North Carolina on September 11‚ 1862. At age of 20 (1882) he moved to Texas‚ where he had various jobs. He married Athol Estes in 1887; they had a son and a daughter. His wife died from tuberculosis in 1897. In 1894 while working for First National Bank in Austin‚ Porter was accused of stealing $4000. He went to prison in Columbus
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Health education: theoretical concepts‚ effective strategies and core competencies A foundation document to guide capacity development of health educators Health education: theoretical concepts‚ effective strategies and core competencies A foundation document to guide capacity development of health educators WHO Library Cataloguing in Publication Data World Health Organization. Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean Health education: theoretical concepts‚ effective strategies
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Group 4 Outline Exercise 1: Listen to advice of international students about culture shock. Exercise 2: Listen to report of sport A: Fill in the blank B: Chose true (T)‚ false (F) or not given (NG) Exercise 3: Listen to song and fill the blanks. Exercise 4: Listen a suggestion. Exercise 1: You are going to hear an international student adviser giving advice on culture shock. Listen and complete the notes below using NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer
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Johnsy‚ who have their own studio in quaint old Greenwich Village. Pneumonia has hit the area they are living in and Johnsy‚ not being used to the climate - as she is from California‚ is suffering from the disease. The disease seemed to drain out the last streaks of will and womanly taste from her being. She lay all day on her bed awaiting her death‚ looking out of the window listlessly. The doctor has said that her chances of getting well were "ten to one." Sue pretends that the situation with Johnsy
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Washwoman” by Isaac Singer‚ and “The Last Leaf” by O. Henry‚ lays a burden of loss. All of these stories experience the greatest loss when a character dies. Torm‚ Gwilan’s faithful husband in “Gwilan’s Harp”‚ a humble‚ hardworking washwoman from “The Washwoman”‚ and Behrman‚ the unsuccessful artist from “The Last Leaf”‚ all perish in their stories. The characters that die impact the other characters in the story in different ways even though the loss all the characters experience is death. So‚ despite
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the story “The Last Leaf” the false perception of this story has a powerful outcome. Sue led Johnsy to believe that the last leaf had not fell off from the vine. As Johnsy looked out of the window she could see the little leaf hanging on for dear life. Even through the snow‚ and the pouring down rain it stayed firmly attached to it’s vine. Johnsy counted as all the other leaves fell from it’s vine. But for some reason this little leaf held on strong. She began to wonder if this leaf was sending her
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