as ‘the cold‚ unseen stranger’! THE LAST LEAF remains one of my favorite short stories written by him. The plot revolves around two artist girls – Sue and Johnsy - who have their own ‘studio’ in quaint old Greenwich Village. Their’s was a relationship fostered on mutual trust and their common tastes in art‚ chicory salad and bishop sleeves! All went hunky dory till Johnsy fell ill with pneumonia one cold November month. The disease seemed to drain out the last streaks of will and womanly taste from
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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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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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The Last Song‚ written by Nicholas Sparks‚ is the story of 18 year old Veronica “Ronnie” Miller’s reconnection with love and trust. Ronnie‚ a former piano prodigy who is angry at the world (and even angrier at her parents) after a divorce breaks up her family and sends her musician father packing to a small beach town. Years later‚ she remains distant from her parents‚ particularly Steve. She is so angry that she has abandoned the one thing that she and her father used to share in common‚ the piano
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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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“Gwilan’s Harp” by Ursula K. LeGuin‚ “The Washwoman” by Isaac Singer‚ and “The Last Leaf” by O. Henry‚ overcome their sorrow and loss of joy. Although there is the resounding tragedy that leaves a bittersweet feeling at the end of all three stories‚ the characters still manage to find joy through their circumstances. From Gwilian discovering her true potential‚ to the Washwoman’s work ethic‚ to the bittersweet tale of The Last Leaf‚ these three stories are filled with people overcoming their loss of joy
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This short story entitled The Last Leaf‚ was written by O. Henry (pseudonym for the American writer William Sydney Porter). It deals with the story of Sue‚ Johnsy and Old Behrman‚ three artists living in a drab district of New York City at the beginning of the twentieth century. One day‚ Johnsy gets sick with Pneumonia and makes it clear she won’t fight death. After the analysis of this short story‚ how can the end be interpreted? The story begins with a description of the area where the
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Lohmann Barbara- The last leaf by O. Henry THE LAST LEAF BY O. HENRY: A QUESTION OF HOPE AND SELFLESS SACRIFICE O. Henry was an American writer who is known as "The master of the short stories". His writings are characterized by a witty narration with surprising endings. They usually talk about ordinary people and take place in New York City. In "The last leaf" the author uses two central ideas: hope and selfless sacrifice‚ to show that a diseased mind is even more harmful than the disease itself
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