“The Last Leaf‪”‬ annalucia pacinio

“The Last Leaf” is a story of Johnsy, a poor young woman who is critically ill due to pneumonia. She believes that when the ivy vine on the wall outside her window would lose all it’s leaves, she would die too. However, her neighbor, Behrman, an artist, tricks her by painting a leaf on the wall. Johnsy recovers. However, Behrman caught pneumonia while painting the leaf. As a result, he dies.