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    An Essay on a White Heron

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    Zhang Jinhua Yin Cong American Women’s Literature 2012-11-5 A Story of Resistance ---A Tentative Study of “A White Heron” In “A White Heron‚” an alternative to a civilized world dominated by men and based on their values and interests decided is provided. Jewett has weaved several irreconcilable conflicts between the masculine world represented by the unnamed hunter and the far away village‚ an artificial women Utopian world Sylvia is living in. Those conflicts between two competing sets of

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    A White Heron - Essay

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    One’s view on something often changes when you look at it from more than one point of view. Morality plays a significant role in any decision making process. It is hard to justify any decision that is not moral. Sarah Orne Jewett’s “A White Heron” has many elements of nature‚ and of the preservation of what Sylvia holds dearly. The thought provoking short story evokes emotions of caring‚ loving‚ and fear. All of these emotions are shown by different settings and characters in the story. It is difficult

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    Introduction to A White Heron Essay Step by step getting closer to the moonlight reflecting the destination of Sylvia’s long waited soaring pine tree. This girl thinks she is on one serious mission which is climbing that big pine tree that is tall as Burj Dubai. The eagerness of climbing that tree gives hints to the reader that she is slowly developing confidence to reach the final line. The author‚ Sarah Orne Jewett dramatizes Sylvia characterizing success by throwing heaps of literary

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    Sylvia "A White Heron"

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    Sylvia “A White Heron” In “A White Heron”‚ there was a young girl named Sylvia‚ for the first eight years of her life she had lived in a city environment. Sylvia then came to live with her grandmother in a country setting. This is where Sylvia became alive and one with nature. During her travel through the country side one morning she noticed a man who was searching for a white heron that he had seen a few weeks ago. At first Sylvia was scared of this man‚ he carried a gun and killed white heron’s

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    White Heron Symbolism

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    Symbolism in The White Heron Symbol #1 White Heron Trapped Analysis #1 The heron doesn’t have the freedom and it feels trapped because the hunter is looking for it. Support #1.A "She knew that strange bird‚ and had once soften softly near where it stood in some bright swamp grass‚ away over at the other side of the woods". (Jewett 489) Support #1.B "Nodding branches grew‚ and her grandmother knew that she might

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    A White Heron Analysis

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    Sarah Orne Jewett’s “White Heron”: Reader’s Response “A White Heron”‚ by Sarah Orne Jewett is about a young city girl named Sylvia. She came to live with her grandma in the countryside. She met a young hunter who was trying to find a rare bird. This girl found that she loves the country life and the animals that live in the woods. I agree with Sylvia who keeps the heron’s secret and who enjoys her life in the countryside. First of all‚ in this story‚ the main character Sylvia was born and grew

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    White Heron Question

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    delightful; the woman’s heart‚ asleep in the child‚ was vaguely thrilled by a dream of love.’ (par.26) o ‘And wait! wait! do not move a foot or a finger little girl‚ do not send an arrow of light and consciousness from your two eager eyes‚ for the heron has perched on a pine bough not far beyond yours‚ and cries back to his mate on the nest and plumes his feathers for the new day!’ (par. 35) o ‘Dear loyalty‚ that suffered a sharp pang as the guest went away disappointed later in the day‚ that could

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    Alternate Ending White Heron “The grandmother and the sportsman stand in the door together and question her‚ and the splendid moment has come to speak of the dead hemlock-tree by the green marsh…..” The grandmother asks Sylvia of her whereabouts the early morning. Sylvia is reluctant; she does not know whether to tell her and the sportsman of her adventure with the White Heron. The beautiful morning where she climbed high and heard the birds sing. If she told the sportsman would surely hunt

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    The White Heron depicts a story of a little girl who leads a life of respect and love of nature rather than that of fortune. Early on in the story‚ she meets a boy who is a self-proclaimed ornithologist‚ a scientist that studies birds. He is willing to pay ten dollars to whomever can show him the White Heron he had once seen. It is now up to Sylvia‚ the young girl‚ to make a decision either in favor of the ornithologist or the white heron. Ultimately‚ she will be making a decision to acquiesce

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    Grade: A Environmental Themes in “A White Heron” In Sarah Orne Jewett’s “A White Heron[comma]” Sylvia goes through a time of transition and experience to become her true self in finding what makes her happy‚ becoming a more mature female‚ and being truthful to herself. Sylvia is not the typical young girl; childhood is generally a time of discovery and experience. Jewett chooses to write about the maintenance of innocence through in her story‚ “A White Heron.” Sylvia‚ the protagonist‚ has an awakening

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