A White Heron By Sarah Orne Jewett

In Sarah Orne Jewett’s short story, “A White Heron”, the main character Sylvia moves from a manufacturing town to live with her grandmother on her farm near the woods. Sylvia also meets a young sportsman that was hunting for birds, particularly a white heron. The woods provide protection to the birds, but also represents protection for Sylvia’s childhood as well. The woods are a canvas, shelter and full of life. It also can hide the innocence of the creatures that dwell in it, including the white heron. Sylvia who is an innocent child seems to be protected by the woods as well. As Sylvia was in the woods to climb the giant pine tree there seemed to be a protection provided to her as she climbed to the top.
Sylvia hid in the bushes when she