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Johnsy's Argumentative Essay

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Two artists called Sue and Johnsy share an apartment in a community for artists, which gets invaded by a deadly and vindictive disease that spreads and kills many of the members in their community. Johnsy gets infected, gives up any hope of survival, and pins her destiny to one remaining leaf on a vine. A physician tells Sue, Johnsy’s best friend, that her best friend’s chance of survival is slim to none unless she can find something to hope for. After a violent storm, Johnsy looks out and sees the last leaf still intact on the vine. Johnsy decides she still wants to live, and she figures there must be a reason that the leaf she pinned her destiny on did not drop off, even during a storm. Johnsy later finds out that a kind old man called Mr.

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