The Giving Tree By Shel Silverstein

Firstly, the tree’s selfless generosity towards the boy demonstrates love in Silverstein’s The Giving Tree. Each time the boy visits, he has a new request that the tree happily obliges to provide him with. The sentence “And the tree was happy,” repeats every time the boy leaves with a part of the tree (Silverstein 51??). This line is repeated after each visit because it describes her unconditional love for the boy. Even though she is losing parts of herself, the tree

The tree would love to play with the boy. From page 5 through 10 it shows how much the boy and the tree would play together. It shows all the things they would do when the boy was younger. "...he would gather her leaves and make them into crowns and play king of the forest. He would climb up her trunk and swing from her branches and eat apples. And they would play hide-and-go-seek." It is like how a mother and son play a lot together when he is young. All the things the boy and the tree would do, the mother and son do also. A mother also takes care of her child.

Everyone is burden with pain. No one can escape emotional, physical or mental misery because it is part of what makes us human. Without pain we would live in a world of sameness. Although there is no way we can escape this reality, what if there existed a utopian society in which everyone could live peacefully without the burden of pain? Would everyone be better off or would living in ignorance be a burden for someone else? Lois Lowry gives us a glimpse into what life would be like in a world where conflict does not exist and shows us what this type of world would do to our humanity. In The Giver, she introduces us to Jonas, an eleven-year-old boy who starts off as an oblivious member of his

“ You are weak when you lie because you aren't strong enough to face the truth” - quotediary.me The book “ The Giving tree” written by Shel Silverstein was created into a children's book in 1964. This book was written for children but, it also had certain ideas for older people. The book is about a tree and how much she loves a boy. She loves this boy so much that she would do anything for him even if it ended up hurting her. In the book “ The Giving Tree” Shel Silverstein emphasized that the Giving Tree was weak because she loved the boy more than herself, she let the boy take whatever he wanted from her just to make him happy including, things that made her who she was, and she never taught

Elvis Presley once said, “Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain 't goin ' away.” Plato’s The Allegory of the Cave relates to this quote by focusing on the truths of reality that humans do not comprehend. We think that we understand what we are seeing in our world, but we really just perceive shadows of the true forms of the things that make up the world. We are ignorant about the true nature of reality. The novel, The Giver, by Lois Lowry also involves these concepts. The main character, Jonas, lives in a community of conformity and conflict. When he begins to spend time and train with The Giver, an old man who is the only keeper of the community 's memories, Jonas discovers the unsafe truths of his community 's secret past. Once Jonas discovers the reality about his community, it constantly pesters him until he makes an important decision. Jonas realizes that he must escape from his world in order to make a long needed change for his community. As the prisoner from The Allegory of the Cave seeks knowledge outside of the cave, Jonas from The Giver discovers dark and deadly truths of his community’s secret past that will change his life forever.

In “The Giving Tree” the boy spent time with the tree during his childhood, but as he grew into a young boy then into a man, there was no time for the child to create cherished memories with. Once both the tree and boy were older than moldy cheese, the boy came back and the tree stated, “straightening herself up as much as she could, "well, an old stump is good for sitting and resting come, boy, sit down. Sit down and rest." And the boy did. And the tree was happy.”

Through our society we are all raised up to be independent and unique individuals such as being ourselves and expressing who each of us are to the world. However, in the book The Giver by Lois Lowry, everyone is raised to count on one another and everyone must look and act the same. Our society differs from Jonas’s in many ways, such as the family units, birthdays, and the way we each learn about our past.

A single kind word can go a long way to make a person's’ day just a little brighter as well as feel appreciated. Shel Silverstein was a master of words and crafted a children's story that featured only two characters that were relatable and in which we could learn from. In The Giving Tree one of the characters is a sweet little boy that loves to play with a tree and spends every waking moment playing with the tree. The tree is the second character in the book, the tree is like a mother figure for the little boy and loves to make the boy happy and play with him. Yet nothing good can last, the boy starts to lose his innocent views and changes from the little boy she once knew. The boy starts by asking if the tree has money and the tree is sadden

The tree was always there for him, always gave him what he needed, and enjoyed having the boy around. Friendships can have a magnificent beginning, but there's always a chance that you will drift apart. Friends occasionally look to make themselves happy instead of simply enjoying each other's friendship. Real friends will be there for you through thick and thin, and even when you don't need them

The boy comes back each time to only ask the tree for more supplies that he thinks he needs and wants. The boy says “I want to buy things and have fun” , so the giving tree gives him her apples to go sell in the city for money. When the boy came back after a long time, the tree felt so happy and filled with joy. But as soon as the little boy returned he told the tree when she asked if he wanted to climb he said “I am to busy to climb trees”. Instead of being rude and disrespectful he could have said “I just wanted to come back and say thank you for being providing and supporting of me as i grew up” but he did not.

What would a child do without a parent? The characters in The Giving Tree display a relationship like that of a parent and child. from a young child to an adult, the boy visits the tree. In the Giving Tree, Shel Silverstein uses the character, the tree, to represent the theme of selflessness of a parent.

The main theme for “Fish in a Tree” is friendship is key. Does friendship ever form your days to become even brighter than they already are? Well, that’s exactly how Ally felt in Fish in a Tree after making friends. She felt less lonely since she knew that she always had her two close friends by her side. She especially felt lonely since she was bullied almost every day by Shay and Jessica. One day, Ally felt extremely thrilled after helping one of her friends, Keisha. Keisha had accidentally broken one of the flowers off of her bouquet. The teacher immediately noticed and took the flowers away from Keisha, saying she’ll be the only one without flowers. Luckily, Ally was there to help. She split her bouquet and gave half to Keisha. The teacher one again noticed and took the flowers away from them, but, Ally had made her and Keisha’s days brighter, putting a smile on each of their faces. Another example of this is when Ally was trying to act accordingly and said something that Shay and Jessica both thought was unnecessary and foolish. Shay said, “The world would be much more intelligent without Ally around.” What she said immediately required

The Giving Tree The Giving Tree is a book by Shel Silverstein.. The tree is strong in the story. She is strong for three reasons. One reason is She gave up everything for a boy she loved; every time the boy came and asked for something, the tree would give it to him so the boy would be happy.

The Giving tree by Shel Silverstein is an elementary level children's book with illustrations. The book is about a young boy and his relationship with a tree throughout his life. The tree is always giving him something to make him happy and fulfill his needs. The tree never complains and is always happy to help the boy. As the boy grows older he finds different uses for the tree.

The Marxist criticism is based on the socialist theories of Karl Marx and how the readers must closely examine the dynamics of class as they attempt to understand the works they read. In a world where there is no pain, no prejudice, no emotion, and no detestation. Lois Lowry gives a vivid description of a community where everything is equal, everyone is just as important as another, and life choices are made by only one individual. In the book The giver by Lois Lowry, it expresses the exact opposite of Marx’s most important ideas which is a prime example of what people will do if they were forced to live a certain way.