Apr 13, 2011
A White Heron
The one thing that I found to be the most interesting after reading this story was Sylvia and her feelings toward the hunter throughout the story. In the beginning she is frightened by him and doesn't want to speak to him. After he is accepted into her home, she doesn't really want anything to do with him. She pays him no attention as he is in her home and converses with her grandmother. After he offers to pay her ten dollars to help him find the white heron, she suddenly becomes more interested in him. She becomes infatuated with him and studies his every move. Although she has a strong interest in the man, in the end she chooses not to tell him of the white heron's whereabouts. I enjoyed watching Sylvia's changing feelings toward the strange gentleman. She wanted nothing to with him in the beginning, then wanted all he could give her, and then suddenly she chooses that he instincts are best. She would rather save the white heron and keep peace with herself and her love for nature than give it up to a stranger willing to pay her money.
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Although I do agree with the fact Sylvia became interested when he offered her money, I do think it started before that. From the very beginning she seemed to have a school girl crush on the Hunter and was very interested with him from the start. At first she was very scared of him but after she got to get to know him and be around him she seemed as if she started to fall in love with him. Money in the end seems to be of little interest to Sylvia due to her final decision.
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