Apr 14, 2011
The White Heron
Sylvia, the protagonist, is a young and innocent child that complimented the theme of innocence throughout the story. She was a city girl, taken to live in the country with the elderly Mrs. Tilley. She found when she arrived that she loved the simple living and beauty she found in the wilderness. She knew the animals and the surroundings well, which is why when the hunting stranger arrived in the woods, he asked her about the birds, specifically the white heron. He wanted to hunt and kill the bird, to keep in his collection of preserved creatures. Sylvia knew of the bird, but refused to tell the charming and handsome stranger of it's whereabouts. She kept the birds "secret", at the price of much needed money for her family. Her innocence and pure heart saved the pure white bird's life.
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I do agree her innocents and purity did save the birds life and nature as a whole. Throughout the story you kind of wonder what way she will go. Whether she will give the hunter the information or stay that pure and innocent child that she comes off as from the very beginning. Pure and innocents can come off as immature but i think Sylvia has shown how it makes her more mature and hits her how these simple decisions can and will change her life forever.
ReplyDeleteThe story kept me guessing the entire time and was really good up until the end. I agree that there was a bunch of symbolism during the story and the hunter was meant to be a bad focus of the story. Sylvia chose nature over the money and that says a lot about her character.
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