The Giving Tree Book Report

The tree would take care of the boy. When the boy would come each time to ask for something the tree was willing to give anything

In the novel, Speak by Laurie Anderson, A Tree is a symbolism that represents Melinda's current moods and thoughts throughout the scenarios in the story. The main character traits of this story are Melinda's thoughts, emotions, and reactions to high school and within the people in it.

Melinda’s art class is the only class that she enjoys because she feels that it is a way to show her emotions and to describe what she’s feeling. "I see a girl caught in the remains of a holiday gone bad, with her flesh picked off day after day as the carcass dries out.The knife and fork are obviously middle class sensibilities. The palm tree is a nice touch. A broken dream, perhaps?" (Anderson; 64) This piece of art shows how she feels. Her art teacher understands her emotions. However, she fails many times attempting to create a tree sculpture, but then finally succeeds. This represents how she fails to face the fact to understand that she was sexaully assaulted but then finds the answer. “This looks like a tree, buts it’s an average,everyday,boring tree. Breath life into it. Make it bend- trees are flexible, so they don’t snap. Scar it, give it a twisted branch - perfect trees don’t exist. Nothing is perfect. Flaws are interesting. Be the tree.” (Anderson;153) Melinda’s art teacher wants her to connect with the tree, he wants the tree to represent her. When Melinda finally understands and comes out to what happened to her; the tree comes to life. Art makes Melinda understand, art makes her have

This bittersweet story is about a young boy and a tree that loved the little boy very much. As this story go on, we see the little boy grow up and wanting more and more from the tree than a climb or a couple of apples. The tree gives and gives till she cannot give any more.

The whole story is talking about the tale of Tree-ear, the orphan. Tree-ear is adopted by Crane-man who is a kindly old man with a crippled and useless leg, they live under the bridge. Their relationship is more likely father and son, even though they do not have any relative. As a father, Crane-man teaches Tree-ear how to collect the food and teaches, “Stealing and begging made a man no better than a dog.” and “Leaping into death is not the only way to show the true courage.” Those sentences encourage Tree-ear to be strong when he gets in troubles. Tree-ear always looks after Crane-man. When Tree-ear is confused about something, he will ask Crane-man first. When Tree-ear gets the food, he will share with Crane-man. When Tree-ear has heard the death of Crane-man, he feels extremely guilty that he cannot stay with him at last. Those feeling and activities represent Tree-ear deeply loves Crane-man.

In the beginning, the boy never asked for anything from the tree aside from the chance to play happily with her. This wasn’t a request that he verbalized, but the tree still granted his wish, without him asking. During this time, both the tree and the boy were very happy, and they both loved each other. This was clearly stated in the first line, “Once there was a tree… and she loved a little boy.”, and later in the first stanza of the poem, “And the boy loved the tree… very much.”. As the boy grows older, he begins to live his life on his own, and he also begins to want more than he did before. He soon becomes greedy and asks the tree for things that are hard for her to provide, but she still does, because she loves him. He continues to ask her for things until the tree has nothing left, but taking all of her things doesn’t make the boy happy. Eventually, he comes back as a sad old man who is wiser than before, and all he asks of her is what he needs. “‘I don’t need very much now,’ said the boy. ‘just a quiet place to sit and rest….’”. By this time, it is too late for the boy to turn back, but he realizes that he should’ve focused more on what he needed, rather than what he

At this point, the story seemed to come full circle as the “boy” had returned to rest where he had begun. He had lived his life and even after he had taken all the tree had, she was still happy he was there. This showed the unconditional love she had for him, even when he gave little in return. The Giving Tree also shows a bit of selfishness. The boy seemed to be more interested in material possessions instead of the tree’s feelings.

Would you give up everything you have for a person who once loved you to make them and yourself happy? You most likely would not, so how come this “tree” in the Giving Tree did? Was it because she was naturally selfless? Or because she was so in love with the boy she would give anything she had to him simply because he wanted it? In The Giving Tree Shel Silverstein explains what selfless and being in love means in the form of a tree and a boy.

The main idea is “don’t take from someone until they have nothing left to give you”. This paragraph is about self-sacrifice The tree gives up a lot for the boy.

In the end, the author used the tree falling on top of the two main characters as the element of surprise. When the tree fell on top of them, they realized they needed to work together. The element of surprise was used to get the two men to stop fighting and to work together. They realized life is too short for them to be fighting one

Looking at that tree, the last memory she has of her sister comes to mind.

Time passes and the boy hasn’t come to see the tree in a while so the tree is upset. He got older and when kids get older they tend to want to go out more and want to spend time with their friends and go to party’s. They boy came back to the tree and she was excited. She

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.

The Giving Tree was about the relationship between a boy and a tree that was personified as a woman. In the beginning the tree and the boy were happy playing together, spending time together, and just genuinely enjoyed each other’s company. Then the boy started growing up consequently spending less time with the tree. The times

It has already been a month since the accident occurred. Fall was nothing but a memory now, having made way for the harsh season of winter. The trees, once filled with vibrant colors and a feeling of warmth, was now a shadow of its former self, but in a sense, related to me more. Reminiscent of the past, I looked at the tree, suddenly hit by nostalgia. In a moment of clarity, I realized the significance, the representation, the resemblance between the tree and I. As the pure white snowflakes danced across the clear blue sky, the tree, now naked and exposed in front of me, exemplified my own self. I couldn’t hide from the truth; I couldn’t hide behind the vibrant colors of my life, I couldn 't hide and live life the way I had been before. Just like the tree, who needs sunshine to grow, I could not live without telling the truth to his family. Just like the tree, I need my sunshine, I need Jack.