The Last Leaf
Thinking about text
1. What is Johnsy's illness? What can cure her, the medicine or or the willingness to live?
Answer:
Johnsy's illness was pneumonia. Willingness to live can cure her.
2. Do you think the feeling of depression Johnsy has is common among the teenagers?
Answer:
The life has two sides one is positive and second is negative. It depend on us how we take it . This day teenagers are easily get depressed because of competition . But some teenagers who deals with negative life with positive hope . They never lose their Life.
3. Behrman has a dream . What is it? Does it come true?
Answer:
Yes Behrman has a dream to paint a masterpiece. Yes it come true when he paints a leaf who looks extremely real . He painted the last leaf on a creeper. For Johnsy to get positive thoughts.
4. What is Behrman masterpiece ? What make Sue say so?
Answer:
Behrman was a 60-year old artist who had a dream to paint a masterpiece. His painting of an ivy leaf was his masterpiece which saved the life of Johnsy. It was such a painting that it was not easy to make out whether the leaf was real or it was just a painting. When Behrman died painting this life-saving painting, Sue called it a masterpiece.