Shel Silverstein's The Giving Tree

The speaker conveys family value is more important than any monetary value. The tree represents the growth of the family and how it is now intertwined with the house through the, "roots in the cellar drains" (Oliver 11). Nothing can replace the sentimental value the tree represents. There is a shift in the theme from the beginning. The speaker wanted to sell the tree for the money, demonstrating theme that sometimes things must be sacrificed in order to provide for practical needs.

In the book “ The Giving Tree” Shel Silverstein wrote “Cut down my trunk and make a boat. Then you can sail away… and be happy” She immediately gave her trunk away to make the boy feel happy. She didn’t even think about how the boy was going to use the wood to sail far away from her. The Giving Tree gave up many things for the boy and not once thought about what she wanted. In “ The Giver” Shel Silverstein also wrote “ And the tree was happy… but not really.” The giving tree gave up so many things for the boy. But each time she gave up something for the boy and then he immediately left, and it made her feel heartbroken. To avoid being heart broken the Giving Tree could easily not give the boy anything but because she cares more about the boy than herself she continued to hurt herself just to make the boy happy. The Giving Tree let boy take everything from her no matter what. She never once thought about herself, which lead some people to think she was strong, but if you never second guess yourself and stand up for yourself, you aren't taking chances. You aren't standing up for what is right. Giving tree loved the boy so much that she never thought to second guess herself and do the right

Few characters in Christmas literature personify the antithesis of the season like Ebenezer Scrooge. Penned in 1843, Charles Dickens classic, "A Christmas Carol" has been told and retold. It has become a fixture of the season. So ingrained in our culture, is this story, that everyone knows the name "Scrooge" and the negative connotation that accompanies it. But what if, instead of just a cranky old miser, Ol ' Ebenezer Scrooge was more of a rather observant social commentator? In order to defend my rather peculiar thesis, let me set forth the particular meaning of Scrooge 's famous catch-phrase as exhibit number one. At the beginning of the tale, the infamous old miser, when told, "Merry Christmas" vehemently replies, "Bah! Humbug!" Now, I am quite sure that even though this phrase has found its way, perhaps permanently, into our cultural vocabulary, many of us are not actually aware of its meaning. The word humbug is "deceptive, false, or insincere behavior." Scrooge 's main problem with Christmas then is the lack of sincerity. This then provides a key insight to Scrooge 's hatred of Christmas. He earnestly believes that the so called, "Christmas Spirit" is just a hoax. It is no more than an attempt to deceive and receive, if you will. Scrooge places his life and faith, therefore, in the fortune that he has amassed because he knows that money has no ulterior motive. Scrooge believes that he is the only one honest enough to admit that good will toward one

In The Giver, Lois Lowry utilizes tone, shift, and imagery to depict the giver’s self-destruction and suffering for the greater good of the community. The elders dismiss his advice as a feeble grab for power because they lack the experience they need to recognize the bleak future they will face without changing their actions. The complacency they show when confronted with this dismal truth only furthers the givers need to release the memories to Jonas who can in turn release them to the community.

Selfless love makes someone give everything they have to another person; this is demonstrated by the character of the tree. focus on younger years the tree gives the boy a place to play and apples to sell at the market. she gave her stump for the boy to relax on even if that was here last thing. the boy was want even if the tree didn't have exactly what he was looking for. he would still take and use for personal

If a person wanted to use my story to come up with moral lessons on how to be a “good human” or what not to do as a “good human”, they could learn from the following five lessons.

“You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.” -Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet. Giving is one of the best possible actions that people can do. In the book The Giving Tree John Steinbeck teaches readers the importance of giving and how some people grow selfish and give nothing in return. The main character in The Giving Tree is a tree and a boy. The tree acts as a mother type figure to the boy because she loves the boy. During the book, the boy grows up and as the boy grows the tree gives more of itself to the boy as the boy leaves. Coming back and reading this book as a teenager it brightens my memory of the joy I had reading it as a kid. Now that I am older

The boy then visits again asking the tree for a house so he can have a family; the tree then gives the boy her branches to provide what he wants. However, the boy does not stay, he wonders off into his own world with the tree’s branches. As the boy comes back once again the tree is just as happy as before, and although so much time has gone by and the tree has aged she still offers him the same joys he once had as a child. The boy however does not seem interested in playing in leaves instead he has another purpose for being there. “I want a boat that will take me far away from here. Can you give me a boat?” Being like a mother figure the tree gives the boy the only thing she can think of, her trunk, in hopes that this will eave the boy happy. “And so the boy cut down her trunk and made a boat and sailed away, And the tree was happy…but not really.” This shows the tree as sad for once again giving the boy something he wanted, leaving her with less and now she finds it hard to be happy for the boy.

What he asked the tree for wasn’t what he really what the boy needs, he is asking for what he wants and not appreciating it. This is evident when the text states, “I want to buy things and have fun. I want some money.” It also states, “I want a house to keep me warm. I want a wife and I want children.” Later on in the text it states, “I want a boat that will take me far away from here.” As you can see, what the boy asks is not out of need, it is out of want and he doesn’t do anything that shows the appreciation of how generous the tree is in giving him what he wants. The author shows that the tree doesn’t feel appreciated by the boys attitude by saying, “And the tore was happy… but not really.” This shows that even though the tree was usually always happy when she gave away herself to the boy, this time she w’s still happy because she helped someone but she was a little sad at the way the boy kind of ignored

The Giving Tree is a poem by Shel Silverstein explaining the relationship between a boy and a tree. As the boy grew older he found he didn’t need the tree as much anymore but he always came back to the tree when he was in need and the tree never refused him, he just continued to give without question. This poem helps us realize that you should always be there for someone to rely on, take life easy and just focus on what you need over what you want. Sometimes in life we’re so quick to want to grow up that we may end up rushing through it and we aren’t able to truly treasure the ideal moments that are worth living for.

so he could have some fun. The little boy loved the tree and the tree

The short story, The Giving Tree, is a love story describing the relationship between tree and a boy. The narrative follows the boy from childhood to an old age. As the boy transitions to this old age he goes from spending most of his time playing and entertaining the tree, to only returning when he needs to take something from the tree in pursuit of his own happiness. The tree is seemingly fine with sacrificing itself for the boy because it loves him. By the end the tree has nothing left to give and only a stump remains for the boy, who is now an old man, to sit on.

(Lindsey, 2) Others argue as William Werpehowski's six-year-old son Stephen says "… she loved the boy, and she wanted to make him happy."( 9) The tree chose not to receive anything in return because giving made her happy. Thus showing the selfless giving of the female and the selfishness of the male.

Life is full of lessons; lessons to learn from and share. People are taught lessons from the moment they can talk and from there on their whole life. For example, from a very young age, we learn “sharing is caring” when we have difficult sharing our toys or food with others. In the Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein there were a variety of hidden messages the story interpreted; “Go Barefoot,” “Focus more on what you need than what you want,” and “Just be there.” These lessons are all different in meaning, but are tangible with each other in order to live life in happiness.

kindness throughout his life. Was is it right for the boy to just keep taking from the tree without giving