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    The story follows Johnsy, who is sick with pneumonia and believes she will die when the last leaf falls from a vine outside her window. Her friend Sue tries to give her hope and visits their neighbor Behrman, an elderly painter, for help. Though Behrman is also sick, he creates a painting of the vine so the leaf will never fall. In the end, Behrman dies from his illness, but Johnsy recovers once she realizes the leaf was part of his final masterpiece, not subject to the whims of nature.

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    The story follows Johnsy, who is sick with pneumonia and believes she will die when the last leaf falls from a vine outside her window. Her friend Sue tries to give her hope and visits their neighbor Behrman, an elderly painter, for help. Though Behrman is also sick, he creates a painting of the vine so the leaf will never fall. In the end, Behrman dies from his illness, but Johnsy recovers once she realizes the leaf was part of his final masterpiece, not subject to the whims of nature.

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    The story follows Johnsy, who is sick with pneumonia and believes she will die when the last leaf falls from a vine outside her window. Her friend Sue tries to give her hope and visits their neighbor Behrman, an elderly painter, for help. Though Behrman is also sick, he creates a painting of the vine so the leaf will never fall. In the end, Behrman dies from his illness, but Johnsy recovers once she realizes the leaf was part of his final masterpiece, not subject to the whims of nature.

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    The story follows Johnsy, who is sick with pneumonia and believes she will die when the last leaf falls from a vine outside her window. Her friend Sue tries to give her hope and visits their neighbor Behrman, an elderly painter, for help. Though Behrman is also sick, he creates a painting of the vine so the leaf will never fall. In the end, Behrman dies from his illness, but Johnsy recovers once she realizes the leaf was part of his final masterpiece, not subject to the whims of nature.

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    The Last Leaf by O.

    Henry
    1. Q: Who are the characters in the story? Describe each in one
    sentence.
    A: Johnsy- the one who is sick and has a pneumonia.
    Sue- a painter and the friend of Johnsy.
    Behrman- an old man and the one who paints a vine with a leaf
    that is in the window of Johnsy.
    Doctor- the one that checks the patients.
    2. Q: In five (5) sentences, write the plot summary of the story
    A: There are two painters named Sue and Johnsy had their studio in
    Greenwich Village, Johnsy has a pneumonia. The doctor tell Sue about
    Johnsys disease so Sue go to Johnsys room and talk to her. Johnsys
    thinks that she is dying when the last leaf on the vine on her window
    fell but Sue tell her that she has a large chances for getting well. Sue
    went to Behrman a painter who lives on the ground floor beneath
    them, and decided to help Johnsy but Sue knew that Behrman also
    have pneumonia and died in the hospital. At last they realizes that the
    reason why the painting is not moving even when the wind blew is that
    because it is only the masterpiece of Behrman.
    3. Q: What did you learn from the story? Answer in five (5) sentences
    A: I learned from the story dont judge other people by their history
    because all people can make a change in their life. Another one is
    dont wish to die for your own sake. Because we have friends that we
    can left when we die. Dont base your life on the things in the
    surroundings. Because only God knows when you will die and we dont
    know it so we cannot know our death.

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