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| Name = | | Name = Johnsy | ||
| Description = a young | | Description = a young artist from California; suffers from pneumonia and is obsessed with an ivy vine | ||
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| Name = Sue | | Name = Sue | ||
| Description = Johnsy's | | Description = Johnsy's friend and roommate; an artist from Maine; cares for Johnsy during her illness | ||
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| Name = Behrman | | Name = Behrman | ||
| Description = an old | | Description = an old artist living in the same building as Johnsy and Sue; drinks gin and talks of his coming masterpiece | ||
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Revision as of 03:08, 26 December 2022
Johnsy and Sue were two artists living in a studio in Greenwich Village.
One day, Johnsy fell ill with pneumonia, and the doctor told Sue that her chances of survival were only 10%. Johnsy believed that when the last leaf of an ivy vine outside her window fell, she would also die.
Sue called on their neighbor, Behrman, to be her model for a drawing, but he refused.
She called him a “horrid old flibbertigibbet” and he agreed to pose. When they looked out the window, they saw that the last leaf remained despite the rain and wind.
Johnsy commanded Sue to raise the shade, and the leaf was still there. She believed that it was a sign from God that she should live. She asked for a mirror, and then some broth and milk with wine.
The next day, the doctor told Sue that Johnsy was out of danger. Later, Sue told Johnsy that Behrman had died of pneumonia. She revealed that Behrman had gone out in the storm and painted the last leaf on the wall, so that Johnsy would be inspired to keep fighting and live.