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A White Heron By Sarah Orne Jewett
In Sarah Orne Jewett’s short story “A White Heron” the passage thoroughly highlights a young girl’s distinct passion for nature and its beauties. Sylvia, a naive young girl is traversing through a forest when she stumbles across a disoriented bird hunter. The bird hunter and Sylvia both share a passion for birds, but the hunter has the desire to kill them. While Sylvia has a special love for nature and life. “So Sylvy knows all about birds, does she? … I am making a collection of birds myself. I have been at it ever since I was a boy.(136)” When Sylvia brings the bird hunter into her home, the hunter looks at Sylvia “ with the hope of discovering that the rare bird was one of her acquaintances.(136)” But after Sylvia quickly realizes that
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