The last leaf 读后感

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Prolific American short-story writer, a master of surprise endings, who wrote about the life of ordinary people in New York City. Typical for O. Henry's stories is a twist of plot which turns on an ironic or coincidental circumstance. Although some critics were not so enthusiastic about his work, the public loved it. O. Henry was born William Sydney Porter in Greenboro, North Carolina.

The last leaf is a move story. The hero's selfless and kindness make him great . In a cold autumn ,unfortunately a young pinter suffer from pneumonia. The doctor said if she have no desire to strggle with the desease,she onle have ten percent to alive. But if she have strong feelings want to survive the doctor will have five percent chance to make her get well. The weakness girl have lost the courage to survive. Everday she count the remaining leaves on the ivy vine throngh the window of the ward. She said , "When the last one falls I must go, too. I've known that for three days. Didn't the doctor tell you?". Her friend told she dolt idea to their frind an old painter who always got drank and had been always about to paint a masterpiece, but had never yet begun it. The old painter regarded himself as especial mastiff-in-waiting to protect the two young artists in the studio above. Finally the kind pinter for her alive disposed his life，the old pinter he paint a l green and yellow colors mixed leaf on the wall at the night that the last leaf fell. It is a stroming night ,the heavy rain made him contract with pneumonia,becaue he is old the pneumonia cant be cured. He dead to-day in the hospital.

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最后一片叶子

【摘 要】 The Last Leaf 赏析

美国著名短篇小说家欧·亨利《最后一片叶子》描写了一个已经濒于死亡的贫穷女画家乔安西因为一片永不凋落的常春藤叶而恢复健康的离奇故事，塑造了一个命运不济，但品德高尚的老画家贝尔门的形象，歌颂了他舍己为人的崇高精神，从而唱出了一曲生命与希望的赞歌，歌颂了人性的美与善。《最后一片叶子》作为欧·亨利的代表作，充分体现了这位“世界短篇小说之王”的创作特色。文中作者着力挖掘和赞美小人物的伟大人格和高尚品德，展示他们向往人性世界的美好愿望

The Novel "The Last Leaf" is about a young girl decides that she will die when the last leaf drops from a dying vine outside her window, as lingering pneumonia slowly takes her will to live. Her neighbor, Art Carney, is an elderly artist frustrated by his inability to paint what is in his heart. In an attempt to save the young girl, he creates the masterpiece he has been struggling to paint. A beautifully shot and moving story. This excellent short novel is my favorite story. Art Carney does a great job, although his character is French in this version, as opposed to the German character in the book. and just like the book,it truly touched the heart of its reader.

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每一个叙事文本，无论主题如何，大体都有一个图式（schema），即文章作者用以构思和构建文本概念意义的、心理语言学意义上的超结构(superstructure)。此外，每个文本同时还拥有一个高级语义化的宏观结构(macrostructure),它统管着具体的话语、语用互动及认知推理的微观结构（microstructure）。

叙述文本图式化的超结构一般包含情节（plot）与德育图式（moral）,其中情节又包含背景（setting）与插曲（episode）,插曲里包含事件（happening）的复杂性（complication）、结果（resolution）与评价（evaluation）。当然，这种构成不是一成不变的。

从认知功能上看，篇章的超结构与隐喻修辞有关。我们总能为叙述文本找到一个图式，一对隐含在文本中的喻体和喻依，我们称之为篇章隐喻修辞(textual metaphor)。篇章隐喻修辞正是依据一定的图式，即某一语言文化中约定熟成的体验。

(一) 篇章隐喻修辞图式化地镶嵌或蕴涵在一定的文本结构当中。

O. Henry的The Last Leaf，讲述的是肺炎使年轻而富有抱负的艺术家Johnsy卧病不起，她不仅放弃了生的希望，而且开始倒数窗外对面楼侧壁上攀延着的常青藤的叶子，以为自己的生命将会随着寒风肆掠常青藤叶而凋零。当晚，住在Johnsy楼下的老艺术家Behrman冒着风雪在长青藤上画了一片常青藤叶。第二天早上当Johnsy看到窗外常青藤上出人意料地留着最后一片叶子，它无畏地挂在离地二十英尺的常青藤枝上，尽管叶边上泛着黄色，靠近枝杆的部位却仍然带着深绿。Johnsy开始感悟到放弃生命是一种＂罪孽＂，并因此有了希望，最终脱离了险情。可是人们却发现，Behrman死了,是他用最后的生命换取了那惊世之作——最后一片常青藤叶。

在这篇叙事文本当中，常青藤喻指“生命”；常青藤叶喻指“生的希望”；最后一片常青藤叶(the last leaf)喻指最后一线“生的希望”；常青藤叶的凋落喻指“生命的凋零”……这一隐喻类推帮助构建出相互衔接的句式和意义连贯的文本。也正是因此，最后Johnsy意识到：“求死是一种罪孽(It is a sin to want to die.)”，而那最后一片常青藤叶却赋予了老艺术家Behrman的生命更深层次的含义，成了Behrman用生命换来的惊世之作（masterpiece），从而使“热爱生命”的主题得到了深华，令O. Henry的The Last Leaf成了不朽的名篇。

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Behrman in The Last Leaf

-----from O.Henry 洪剑 201001401103 旅游管理 040

When a dying lady was looking out the ivy vine1 through the window, whose leaves were falling , she desperately thought “if the last falls, I must go”2. The old painter sacrificed his life to paint a green ivy leaf onto the brick wall ,when the real last fell .One died and one lived. No one could deny that piece of ivy leaf saved everything about love，nobility and greatness. The old man was just Behrman in O.Henry’s novel The Last Leaf.

In O.Henry’s eyes, Behrman was a failure in art3but we might say he was a success in humanity. Actually he ever set his mind to accomplish a surprising masterpiece and even prepared to be proud of it; Well , his masterpiece did not appear until the death approached .Otherwise, he lived by being a model for some poor painters like him and drunk all day along. That’s the first impression which Behrman gave us at the middle part of the novel.

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The Last Leaf is a short story written by O Henry, Settled in Greenwich Village. Its depicts characters and themes are typically of O Henry’s work.

最后一片叶子是由住在格林威治村的欧亨利写的一个短篇故事。它所描写的人物和主题是欧亨利的经典作品。

Johnsy has fallen ill and is dying of pneumonia. She watches the leaves falling from the window of her room, and decides that when the last leaf drops, she will die, too. To encourage her, Mr. Behrman painted the last leaf in a stormy night but he died of pneumonia because of his efforts in the storm.

琼西已经生病了而且将要死于肺炎。她从她房间的窗户上看着叶子坠落，并认定当最后一片叶子掉下来的时候，她就会死。为了鼓励她，贝尔曼先生在一个风雨交加的夜晚画了最后一片叶子，但他却由于在风暴中的努力而死于肺炎。

This is a sad story about sacrifice as well as a moving story

about hope. Likewise, we can learn about something from this story, something that totally different from each other.

这是一个关于牺牲的伤感故事同时也是关于希望的感人故事。而且我们也可以从这个故事中学到一些东西，一些完全不一样的东西。

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Probably the single most brilliant piece of short fiction I have had the pleasure of reading. And the most influential story in my post existentialist/depression life.

I stumbled upon this story around five years ago. It was part of a compilation of short stories in the book we used for our literature 1 in school. I still remember the first time I read it.

The shock, the reaction, the sadfaksdnasd when I had finished reading it is still fresh in my mind.

Actually I remembered the story but not the tittle, and in the ensuing years I had regaled it to countless friends and acquaintances, retelling it with gusto. But not actually knowing the title.

Then last year I posted what I remembered of the story in yahoo answers, and in a heartbeat someone replied: “The Last Question by Isaac Asimov”. Off I was searching the net looking for a copy of it.

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The Last Leaf

Sue

Johnsy

Doctor

Old Behrman

Scene Ⅰ

Aside:

In a little district west of Washington Square the streets have run crazy and broken themselves into small strips called "places." These "places" make strange angles and curves.

One day,an artist once discovered a valuable possibility in this street. So, to quaint old Greenwich Village the art people soon came prowling. ( Sue and Johnsy meet at the restaurant of an Eighth Street...)

S: Hey,I find our tastes in art, food and clothes so congenial.Maybe we can have a joint studio.

J: Oh,that’s great.We’d better look for a studio with north windows, Dutch attics and low rents.

S: It couldn’t be better.Then we can import some pewter mugs and a chafing dish or two from Sixth Avenue.

J: It sounds exciting.Let’s take action right away.

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