Apr 12, 2011
A White Heron
One of the many ideas and people that stand out to me throughout the story is Sylvia. Yes, she is a main character but she is more then a simple character who is just a child. In many ways you see her growing and maturing as a young lady throughout the sequence of time. Not only is she maturing she is showing how she is not selfish. She could have easily taken the money from the hunter instead of protecting nature and the heron. She grew up in the city and its interesting to see how within one short year of living with her parents she has become so passionate for the nature and world around her. She learns to put other before herself which seems to be a hard lesson to learn at such a young age. Last but not least you see her having a deeper connection to nature and the heron ahead of anyone and anything else. It is interesting how she receives more satisfaction out of being connected to nature rather then human life as a whole.
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I think Sylvia having such a strong connection with nature as opposed to human life is what ultimately made her decision. I think coming from the city, she knew what things money could buy her and bring to her life. After being moved to the country and embracing nature, she realized that for her personally, the bond she shared with nature was much more valuable to her and her life than the things she and her grandmother could receive from the money she could have gotten for showing the hunter where the white heron was.
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