MIDTERM INTRODUCTION TO ENGLISH LITERATURE

NAME : Fitri Hanida

STUDENT’S ID : 190203110
UNIT : 03

Item Similarity Differences

Last Leaf
1. Theme Mayor theme:
- Falling leaves seem to
represent a life that is not
long in coming.
- Mr. Struggle. Behrman
painted the last leaf until
he finally died of the
same disease as Johnsy,
Pneumonia.
Maggi Last Leaf Maggi
struggle and sacrifice Major theme : which is about a Generosity, love, and wealth.
young female artist who suffers
from pneumonia, at the end of her
life she counts the fallen leaves as
if her age is gone with the leaves,
but in fact she is still alive even
though the leaves have been
exhausted due to a severe storm.

2. Setting (time and Met at a New York restaurant in In New York City Set in area of Greenwich Village that · New York in the early
place) may. functions as an artists’ colony.
1900’s

· A Broadway window

· A Coney Island chorus girl

· Their poor apartment

3. Characters
(main
Della
characters)
4. Conflict The conflict in this story is when
Pneumonia attacked and touch
Johnsy, it makes her sad,
hopeless and pessimistic and
decided to rely her own life and
death to those falling leaves (last
leaf).
the major characters are Jim and The main characters in “The Last
Leaf” are Sue, Johnsy, and Mr.
Behrman. Sue, a young artist
originally from Maine, is Johnsy's
roommate.
Jhonsy was hospotalized and the
doctor decided that Jhonsy’s age
would not be long but sue did not
believe it. Sue asked Mr.
Behrman to accompany Jhonsy,
but he is difficult to ask for help
because he is drunk. However,
Mr. Berhman loves Jhonsy very
much.
Madame Sofronie as a minor
character.
The conflict from this prose
has a resolution which
happiness is not about gifts
or money but about love and
affection. We should accept
people that we love sincerely
and being wise as the
quotation below: They were
the first to give Christmas
gifts. Being wise, their gifts
were doubtless wise ones.
And here I have told you the
story of two children who
were not wise. (The Gift of
the Magi, 1905) From the
quotation above describes
that Della and Jim were not
wise. Della was forcing
herself to makes her husband
be happy and Jim also did it.
He sold his watch for gave
Della gift. The writer
describes the morality of this
story. This story describes
 that they should be wise for
everything. Happiness is not
about money or gift but
happiness is wise, love and
affection.

5. Moral/Messages - Everyone has their own that unselfish love is the greatest no matter how poor we are, no “The Gift of Magi” is no
life, their own rules, but of all gifts, and those who are matter how old we are, under any ordinary love story. They do
it's still not allowed to not need to drink poison like
aware of this fact are the wisest. circumstances, we can still be
exclude other people who Romeo and Juliet to prove
care about us. meaningful human beings. That the word love. They both
the greatest masterpiece gave up the thing they love
- Don't put other people's the most to give an object
cares aside just because possessed by mankind is to
full of affection for the
we give in to ourselves provide benefits and meaning to person they care about the
- Should not easily give up others. most. This is not just a
on yourself even if you dramatic story, this is a story
are on the cutting edge or full of sweet sacrifices. This
the last drop of blood. is the message of love that
Keep fighting and don't O'henry wants to convey.
let yourself down.