The Question and Answer section for The Last Leaf is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.
The vine leaves around which the story revolves are a symbol of life. At the beginning of the story, Johnsy considers the rapidly falling leaves as ominous predictors of her own death, and she comes to believe that she will die when the last leaf...
The Last Leaf" is set in Greenwich Village at the turn of the last century during a pneumonia epidemic.
Sue and Johnsy have a conflict over Johnsy looking out of the room at the vine as it loses its leaves. Sue wants Johnsy to look away from the wall, but Johnsy is waiting for the last leaf to fall so that she can die. The story is narrated in the...
