PBIS4325-3

NASKAH TUGAS MATA KULIAH

UNIVERSITAS TERBUKA
SEMESTER: 2021/22.1 (2021.2)

Fakultas : FKIP/Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan

Kode/Nama MK : PBIS4325/Appreciation of Literary Works
Tugas :1

No. Soal
Task 1.
1. Explain the difference between a short story and novel !

Read the text carefully, an then answer the questions that follow!

In "The Last Leaf," pneumonia is personified in different ways. First, O'Henry refers to pneumonia as "a
cold, unseen stranger." This stranger "stalked" about Greenwich Village and laid his "icy fingers" on his
victims. The disease is also compared to a "ravager." O'Henry also says that pneumonia is not
chivalrous because he attacks a little woman, meaning Johnsy. Pneumonia is also called "the red-fisted,
short-breathed old duffer."
These images make the reader call to mind a ruthless and revolting old man who wheezes, who is cold
at heart, and who has fingers made of ice. By personifying the disease, O'Henry makes Johnsy's
opponent seem real and makes the reader want to rally behind Johnsy in her fight against pneumonia. It
is only hope and faith that will be able to help Johnsy defeat this enemy, and until she has something to
believe in (which turns out to be the last leaf clinging to the ivy vine on the brick wall outside her
window), she can't begin to defeat her opponent, pneumonia.
2. Name several actors in this story, then determine the main actors and supporting actors!
3. What point of view does the writer write the story? Explain your answer?
4. Briefly tell the plot of this story ?And, in what season do you think the story occurs?
5. What lesson can we learn from this story?

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