By: O.

Henry
 William Sidney Porter (william sydney porter)

 Born: September 11, 1862

(Green Boro, North Carolina)

 Died: June 5, 1910 (Age 47) New

York City

 Pen-name: O. Henry. Olivier, Henry

 Occupation: Writter

 Language: English

 Nationality: American

 Genre: Short Story

 Two artist, Johnsy and Sue, share an
apartments, Johnsy contacts pneumonia, and
she loses hope for life she says that she will
die when the last leaf on the vine outside
falls. Mr. Behrman, one of their neighbors,
hears about his, and he paints a leaf on the
wall outside to give her hope. He dies on
pneumonia in order to do this for her.
 Johnsy(Joanna)

 Sue

 Behrman

 Doctor
 The main theme explored in the short story “
The Last Leaf” by. O. Henry is that of
selfessness and sacrifice. Other minor themes
also resurface from text, and the most
notable ones the theme of hope and the
theme of death.
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