Sue brought her drawing-board into Johnsy’s room and started painting. Johnsy continued to lie still on her bed. She talked about clothes and fashions, but Johnsy did not respond. Sue tried her best to make Johnsy take an interest in things around her. In such a case, medicicnes would not work on her. The doctor said that it seemed that Johnsy had decided not to live and did not want to recover from the illness. If she doesn’t want to live, medicines will not help her.”
The doctor said “Johnsy, it seems, has made up her mind that she is not going to get well. Sue replied that there was nothing to worry and asked why did the doctor think so. The doctor secretly asked Sue if something was the matter with Johnsy. One day the doctor took Sue aside and asked her, ”Is anything worrying Johnsy?” The doctor visited them daily but there was no improvement in Johnsy’s health. Sue was worried about Johnsy and called the doctor. She remained in bed and would look out of the window. In the month of November Johnsy was struck by pneumonia. Pneumonia: a disease caused due to the infection of the lungs Although he came every day there was no change in Johnsy’s condition. She would lie in her bed without moving, just gazing out of the window. Johnsy fell very seriously ill in November. The flat was on the third floor of an old house. Two girls by the names of Sue and Johnsy lived together in a small flat. The flat was on the third storey of an old house. SUE and Johnsy, two young artists, shared a small flat. On the other hand, Mr Behrman contracts pneumonia and dies. When the last leaf falls off, their neighbour, Mr Behrman goes out in the storm to paint one. She announces that she would die when the last leaf fell off the ivy creeper that could be seen from the room’s window. Johnsy contracts pneumonia and loses her desire to live. The Last Leaf Summary – Two friends Sue and Johnsy live together in a rented appartment.
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