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Critical Analysis of “The Last Leaf�

"When the last one falls, I must go too." Jonsy the protagonist, stricken with pneumonia, of

"The Last Leaf" by O. Henry makes this bleak, morbid statement to her friend Sue. In a brief but

powerful burst O. Henry uses setting, characterization, and imagery to eloquently show the folly of

wishing for death.

In O. Henry's “The Last Leaf� the story is set “In a little district west of Washington Square

where the streets have run crazy and broken themselves into small strips called “places�.� This setting

description helps to set the mood, and tone of the story which help to impose the authors theme, and

motive upon the reader. The setting also helps to describe the resources at hand to “combat� the

pneumonia mentioned later in the story, because they are in a small district in a large city they find

themselves unable to “combat� the pneumonia effectively with traditional methods.

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