The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
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Re: The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
, and how beautiful it is.
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Shel Silverstein has a backdoor access key to my soul.
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gali wrote:I agree with you. I have read that story to my 6 year old son and he didn't understand the man actions. He thought the tree was generous to a fault and so destroyed itself in the process. This story is about a distorted relationship and my kid understood that.
Books are powerful. It's an experience you have alone and with the characters in the book itself. It's so important for parent and mentors of children to come alongside them and navigate not only interactions in life but also the stories they are a part of.
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In my senior year of high school my English teacher gave us the opportunity to write about our favorite book and how it has shaped us into the person we are today. The Giving Tree is without a doubt the most influential children's novel I have ever read, and that is what I wrote my paper about. As I wrote this paper, I began to discover deep symbolism within the innocent novel. The relationship between the tree and the boy represents the relationship between a mother and her child. When children are young, they fully depend on their mothers and are strapped to their sides like velcro. Like the tree, a mother is a natural giver who will give their all so that their children will be satisfied. Unfortunately, they will offer so much of themselves that they have nothing left. Eventually, children grow older and will separate from their mothers. Once those children have their own families to raise, the only gift mothers want from their children is time. In the end, the tree wants the boy to give as much time to what is left of her as she did to him.
The Giving Tree taught me a very valuable lesson: the meaning of appreciating what you have. People -or trees- that hold a special place in your life need to be showed that they are appreciated and that the things that they do for others does not go unrecognized. Silverstein gave a life-long lesson in the purest forms: children and nature. This book has taught me to take everything and everyone around me into consideration and to love and cherish the people that come into my life, especially my mother.
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