“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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CHARACTERS Sue -loving -caring she always taking care of Johnsy Johnsy - sick - easily give up she think she is going to die when the last leaf fall down from the tree she keep counting the leaf. Doctor - busy - kind he have lots of patient to take care of. he was always kind to Johnsy. Mr.Behrman -old -painter he was past sixty at last he painted a great masterpiece‚ Mr.Pneumonia -old gentleman - bad he was not a nice old gentleman he was bad because he hurt a weak little
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Literature can teach innumerable valuable lessons. In “Gwilan’s Harp” the protagonist goes 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
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"The Last Leaf" by O. Henry is an interesting short story about a sick girl who is deeply affected by a bare ivy vine. Johnsy thinks that she will die as soon as the last leaf on that vine falls. She becomes close to death‚ but a neighbor called Mr. Behrman‚ an artist‚ saves her life and dies. This paper will focus on different causes and effects involved in‚ first‚ Johnsy’s case and‚ second‚ the death of Mr. Behrman. First‚ many things lead Johnsy to be touched with the idea of death. When Johnsy
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Compare/Contrast Essay Last Town On Earth and Farewell To Arms. The books; Farewell To Arms and The Last Town On Earth‚ are the books that are being compared and contrasted. Dayton has read The Last Town On Earth and Elaina and Autumn are reading Farewell To Arms. This essay will show you some of the major similarities and differences the authors of this paper noticed. If you have read both books it is likely that you have or will notice the same things the authors of this essay did. The
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Masque of The Red Death: The Red Death Vs. AIDs If I were to compare "The Masque of the Red Death" to a movie‚ I would compare it to the HBO special on aids‚ "And The Band Played On". Both the story and the movie dealt with a disease which in their appropriate times were (and is ) considered to be an "evil" disease. During the eighteen-hundreds the red plague was a major concern to society. To many people of the time it was considered "evil" . In Edgar Allen Poe’s "Masque of the Red Death" Poe
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triumvirate which‚ in the mid-1970’s‚ brought GMA from the original American owner‚ Mr. Robert "Uncle Bob" Stewart. The other two major owners were Gozon’s brother-in-law Menardo Jimenez and former Rizal Congressman Gilberto Davit‚ now represented by chief operating officer EVP Jimmy Davit‚ Jr. At first‚ Atty. Gozon served as GMA’s Chairman while Jimenez served as CEO. GMA occupied the No. 1 slot for some time‚ but slipped to second place in the mid-1980s. When Atty. Gozon assumed leadership of the
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The text under analysis is a story written by O’Henry. O’Henry is a pseudonym of William Sydney Porter. He was an American writer‚ noted for his numerous short stories. He worked in various jobs: as a rancher‚ bank teller‚ as a journalist. He founded a comic weekly magazine “The Rolling Stone” before being employed by “The Houston Post” to write a humorous daily coloumn. In 1898 he was convicted of embezzlement and served a three-year term in the federal penitentiary. After that he contributed short
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The script CHRISTOPHER STREET is a character driven drama‚ propelled by the theme of second chances. In this story‚ an actor with AIDS is given a second opportunity to relive his life and make better moral choices. The plot incorporates a “time travel” premise in which the protagonist wakes up 30 years younger. Time travel type stories are popular and have been successful (PEGGY SUE GOT MARRIED‚ BACK TO THE FUTURE‚ THE TERMINATOR‚ 12 MONKEY‚ etc.). The idea of a rather selfish‚ self-destructive
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Intertwined in the stories of “Gwilan’s Harp” by Ursula K. LeGuin‚ “The 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
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