A White Heron

The main character of the story is Sylvia and she was originally a city girl. Sylvia was then forced to move in with her grandmother all the way in the New England country side. What I got out of the story was that it had a lot of symbolism throughout the entire story. The bottom line of the story was that Sylvia had a really intense connection with nature and would rather have the white heron live then receive the cash reward. The symbolism in the A White Heron happens when they talk about the actual white heron. The white symbolizes purity like a dove and the innocence was also represented. Also represented as purity would be the cows milk "Moolly" which was also white to symbolize purity. The hunter was always mentioned as a dark and mysterious character. He would represent the so called "dark side" of the story by wanting to pay the girl to show him where the heron was so he could have killed the bird. This was my interpretation of the story.