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the elements of a short story the last leaf
A.Setting:
=>The last leaf takes place in New York City. The largest city in America, the location of the story is a small part of New York known as “Greenwich Village” and it is pronounced as “Grennitch” it depicts New York in the light of struggling artist. And it is winter season and it is cold, windy night.
B.The Third Person POV
=>uses he,she and they
C.Characters:
Johnsy=>She suffers from pneumonia in this story.Her wish for death and her dialogues reflect her disparity for life.
Sue=>she is caring nursing, tolerating, through perseverance and gentleness.
Mr.Behrman=>was a painter who lived on the ground floor beneath them.
Characterization:
Johnsy =>she is a young woman from California who has come to New York to be an artist. Sue =>she is an artist, who lives with Johnsy her roommate. She is young, and part of the "artist" scene of Greenwich Village.
Mr.Behrman=>hee had been always about to paint a masterpiece, but he had never yet begun A.Setting:
=>The last leaf takes place in New York City. The largest city in America, the location of the story is a small part of New York known as “Greenwich Village” and it is pronounced as “Grennitch” it depicts New York in the light of struggling artist. And it is winter season and it is cold, windy night.
B.The Third Person POV
=>uses he,she and they
C.Characters:
Johnsy=>She suffers from pneumonia in this story.Her wish for death and her dialogues reflect her disparity for life.
Sue=>she is caring nursing, tolerating, through perseverance and gentleness.
Mr.Behrman=>was a painter who lived on the ground floor beneath them.
Characterization:
Johnsy =>she is a young woman from California who has come to New York to be an artist. Sue =>she is an artist, who lives with Johnsy her roommate. She is young, and part of the "artist" scene of Greenwich Village.
Mr.Behrman=>hee had been always about to paint a masterpiece, but he had never yet begun A.Setting:
=>The last leaf takes place in New York

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