Answer to Question #305340 in English for BxJ

Question

Make a 2-3 paragraph literary criticism on any of the following:

1. The story entitled “The Last Leaf” by O.Henry on pages 377-380 in your Learner’s Manual.

2. The movie entitled “MULAN” produced by Walt Disney.

Answer 1

1.

Many artists lived in the Greenwich Village area of New York. Two young women named Sue and Johnsy shared a studio apartment at the top of a three-story building. Johnsy's real name was Joanna.

In November, a cold, unseen stranger came to visit the city. This disease, pneumonia, killed many people. Johnsy lay on her bed, hardly moving. She looked through the small window. She could see the side of the brick house next to her building. One morning, a doctor examined Johnsy and took her temperature. Then he spoke with Sue in another room. "She has one chance in--let us say ten," he said. And that chance is for her to want to live. Your friend has made up her mind that she is not going to get well. Has she anything on her mind?"

2.

At the center is the lovely Yifei Liu, who’s called upon to show a great deal of range as Mulan transforms herself from a brazen, impetuous rebel to a mature, commanding leader. Just as important is the fact that she finds her voice over the course of this journey—a phenomenon specific to this character and this story, but one that couldn’t be more resonant for women of all ages watching all over the world right now. Liu’s performance might have been more powerful if she’d been a bit more emotive, but the steeliness and physicality she displays make her a convincing fighter.