Udah pernah baca cerpen yang judulnya the last leaf belum?? udah. Lalu, udah pernah coba menganalisis unsur intrinsiknya belum?? belum. Nah, kalau gitu kita coba analisis yukk... ini hasil analisis ku... :)
ANALYSIS OF THE LAST LEAF
By: O. Henry
PLOT
Kinds
of plot is progressive-regressive, because in the first, the author tells how
Sue and Johnsy meet before. Then the story moving naturally and happened in
harmony. In the last, the story tells that Mr. Behrman painted the last leaf
when the last leaf fell down. Johnsy and Sue know when Mr. Behrman was died.
Elements Of Plot:
1.
The
introduction
Sue and Johnsy
lived together in Greenwich Village. They have same hobby, that is paint.
2.
The
point of attack
When Pneumonia
become an epidemic in Greenwich Village. It is a bad sickness.
3.
The
complication
Johnsy get
pneumonia and very ill. She always looked out the window to see a vine tree and
count the leaves. She thinks that when the last leaf fall, she will die.
4.
The
climax
After beating
rain and wild wind, there still one leaf. It will fall not long again and
Johnsy will die at the same time.
5.
The
resolution
Johnsy began to
eat and get well. She aware that her feeling is so bad.
6.
The
conclusion
At the end of
this story, they know that the last leaf outside the window is a paint of Mr. Behrman. So, that is why the
last leaf still there.
CHARACTERS
AND CHARACTERIZATION
- Sue: She is mayor character. She is a
women who like paint. She is flat character because from the first until the
last, she always supports Johnsy to get well.
- Johnsy: She is a mayor character and
round character because at the first she is pessimistic with her illness, but
at the last she become to optimistic. She is a women who like paint too and she
get Pneumonia.
- The doctor: He is a minor character. He
is a busy doctor.
- Mr. Behrman (Mike Behrman): He is an old
man who lived in the same house with Sue and Johnsy.
SETTING
Setting Of Place:
a)
Restaurant
on Eighth Street
It is copy a
portion from page 13 paragraph 1, “They had met at a restaurant on Eighth Street”.
b)
Greenwich
Village
It is copy a
portion from page 13 paragraph 2, “Toward winter a cold stranger entered Greenwich Village”.
c)
Johnsy’s
bed
It is copy a
portion from page 13 paragraph 3, “She lay on her bed almost without moving, and she ….”. She refers to Johnsy.
d)
In
the hall
It is copy a
portion from page 13 paragraph 4, “One morning the busy doctor spoke to Sue in the hall, where Johnsy could not
hear”.
e)
Johnsy’s
room
It is copy a
portion from page 14 line 1, “Then she walked into Johnsy’s room”.
f)
Behrman’s
dark room
It is copy a
portion from page 15, “Sue found him in his
dark room, and she ….”. Him refers to Behrman.
g)
In
the hospital
It is copy a
portion from page 17, “But we take him to
the hospital today”.
“Mr. Behrman
died of pneumonia today in the hospital”.
Setting Of Time:
a)
In
the morning
It is copy a
portion from page 13 paragraph 4, “One
morning the busy doctor spoke to Sue in the hall, where Johnsy could not
hear”.
On page 16, “In the morning, after an hour’s sleep,
she went to Johnsy’s bed side”.
On page 17,
“Someone found him on the morning of
the first day, in his room”.
b)
In
the afternoon
It is copy a
portion from page 17, “The doctor came in
the afternoon”.
“And that afternoon Sue came to the bed where
Johnsy’s lay”.
c)
Today
It is copy a
portion from page 17, “But we take him to the hospital today”.
“Mr. Behrman
died of pneumonia today in the
hospital”.
POINT
OF VIEW
Point
of view in this short story is third person, because it is identify from the
author who use subject pronoun “He and She” and sometimes the name of
character.
THEME
I
think the main theme of this short story is about “friendship”. The story tells
the readers about friendship between Sue and Johnsy. They are two best friends
who always support each other. When Johnsy get pneumonia, Sue always supports
her to get well.
The
other theme is about “sacrifice”. That is Mr. Behrman who painted the last leaf
at night when the last leaf fells down and raining day. After that, he got
pneumonia and died.
