Book Report
Title: A White Heron
Author : Sarah Jewett
Characters: * Sylvia
*Mrs. Tilley (Grandmother of Sylvia)
*Young Man (The Stranger)
Theme : For me the theme of the story A White Heron is about if Sylvia will tell to the young man the truth that she saw the placed were the nest of a white heron is found or she remains silent about what she discovered.
Plot :
One june evening a little girl whhose name is Sylvia was driving home with her cow named Mistress Moolly. Sylvia is always with her cow. One night when sylvia is riding home sylvia heard a whistle not far from his place and then she saw a young man who had a shotgun. Before sylvia hide the young man already saw her. The young man asked sylvia to the direction going to the road. But instead of answering the young man sylvia continue walking going to her house and behind her is her cow and the young man.The young man ask sylvia if what is sylvia's name then sylvia said sylvy. The young man told to sylvia that he is hunting a bird when he lost his way then the young man also asked sylvia if he can stays to their house just this evening then sylvia s answer is yes. When they already in sylvia's house they saw Mrs. Tilley,the grand mother of sylvia in front of their house then like what the young man saids to sylvia he also says it to sylvia's grandmother who is Mrs. Tilley. Mrs. Tilleey gladly allowed the young man to stayed in their house. Mrs. Tilley and the young man spent the night chatting with each other while sylvia is only listening to their,while they are talking the young man mentioned that he is a collectoor of a birds and he currently hunting now is a white heron that he have seen in the forest and he also hope that sylvia could help him to find the white heron . Sylvia had seen that bird on the other side of the woods, but she remained silent. He offered to give her ten dollars if she helped him find it, but she said nothing.