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    The short story "The Last Leaf" by O. Henry follows two young artists, Johnsy and Sue, who live in Greenwich Village. Johnsy falls ill with pneumonia and believes she will die when the last leaf falls from a vine outside her window. Sue tries to cheer up her friend and prevent her from thinking so negatively. They are neighbors with an elderly artist named Behrman, who claims he will paint a masterpiece but never starts. Learning of Johnsy's belief, Behrman decides to see the vine. During a storm, one leaf remains on the vine. When Johnsy sees it is still there the next day, she believes it is a sign she will live. Sue later reveals that Behrman

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    The short story "The Last Leaf" by O. Henry follows two young artists, Johnsy and Sue, who live in Greenwich Village. Johnsy falls ill with pneumonia and believes she will die when the last leaf falls from a vine outside her window. Sue tries to cheer up her friend and prevent her from thinking so negatively. They are neighbors with an elderly artist named Behrman, who claims he will paint a masterpiece but never starts. Learning of Johnsy's belief, Behrman decides to see the vine. During a storm, one leaf remains on the vine. When Johnsy sees it is still there the next day, she believes it is a sign she will live. Sue later reveals that Behrman

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    The short story "The Last Leaf" by O. Henry follows two young artists, Johnsy and Sue, who live in Greenwich Village. Johnsy falls ill with pneumonia and believes she will die when the last leaf falls from a vine outside her window. Sue tries to cheer up her friend and prevent her from thinking so negatively. They are neighbors with an elderly artist named Behrman, who claims he will paint a masterpiece but never starts. Learning of Johnsy's belief, Behrman decides to see the vine. During a storm, one leaf remains on the vine. When Johnsy sees it is still there the next day, she believes it is a sign she will live. Sue later reveals that Behrman

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    The short story "The Last Leaf" by O. Henry follows two young artists, Johnsy and Sue, who live in Greenwich Village. Johnsy falls ill with pneumonia and believes she will die when the last leaf falls from a vine outside her window. Sue tries to cheer up her friend and prevent her from thinking so negatively. They are neighbors with an elderly artist named Behrman, who claims he will paint a masterpiece but never starts. Learning of Johnsy's belief, Behrman decides to see the vine. During a storm, one leaf remains on the vine. When Johnsy sees it is still there the next day, she believes it is a sign she will live. Sue later reveals that Behrman

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    THE LAST LEAF

    - is a short story by O. Henry


    published in 1907 in his
    collection The Trimmed Lamp
    and Other Stories. Set in
    Greenwich Village, it depicts
    characters and themes typical
    of O. Henry's works.
    Main characters

     SUE
     JOHNSY
     MR.BEHRMAN
    SUMMARY
    Johnsy was infected with pneumonia, and is now close to death. Outside the
    window of her room, the leaves fall from a vine. Johnsy decides that when the
    last falls , she will die, while her best friend Sue, who stays with her, tries to tell
    her to stop thinking so pessimistically.

    In the same apartment building, an elderly, frustrated artist named Behrman


    lives below Johnsy and Sue. Behrman has been claiming that he will paint a
    masterpiece, even though he has never even attempted to start. Sue visits
    Behrman, telling him that Johnsy, who is dying of pneumonia, has come to
    believe that she will die when the last leaf falls off of the vine outside her
    window. Behrman scoffs at this as foolishness, but—as he is protective of the
    two young artists—he decides to visit Johnsy and see the vine from her
    window.
    In the night, a storm comes with wind howling and rain splattering against the
    window. Sue closes the curtains and tells Johnsy to go to sleep, even though
    there is still one leaf left on the vine. Johnsy protests against having the
    curtains closed, but Sue insists because she does not want Johnsy to see the
    last leaf fall. In the morning, Johnsy wants to see the vine to be sure that all
    the leaves are gone, but to their surprise, there is still one leaf left.

    The leaf did not fall that day, nor does it fell overnight, nor the next day. Johnsy
    believes that the leaf stayed there to show how wicked she was.

    When Johnsy was strong enough, Sue reveals to her that their neighbor
    Behrman has died of pneumonia, and that the one remaining leaf was in fact
    his masterpiece done to save Johnsy's life.
    GRACIAS !

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