The World From A Tree

Another example that demonstrates Tree-ear is thoughtful

treeted like a child, to be seen but not to be heerd. This was the aditude in

Tree-ear heard everything and became very angry with Min for not accept the offer of a lifetime. Tree-ear knew

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.

In the novel Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson, Melinda, a high school freshman, is given the assignment of working with a tree as her object for the year in Mr. Freemans’s art class. She thinks,

With this statement, Melinda once again expresses herself as a tree again that is properly taken care of by stating she “can grow”

Alice Walker once said, “In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect. Trees can be contorted, bent in weird ways, and they’re still beautiful.” This aligns perfectly with metaphors in the book Speak, by Laurie Halse Anderson. In this story, Laurie uses the symbol of a tree to represent the main character, Melinda, as she struggles to overcome a difficult experience in her life. The trees represent Melinda’s transformation from trying to be someone she wasn’t, to becoming utterly depressed, to overcoming her pain, and being a happy, refreshed person.

Trees represent life because they aren’t simple, trees are large and strong, their roots are in the ground and its leaves sway in the sky. At first, Melinda’s life was as solid as the tallest tree in the world, the Hyperion. “This was the girl who suffered though Brownies with me, who

During the journey it was dawning and we saw frosty dew, Guinea pigs by pasture crossing route with all their little children in a row, the partridges and hares. Taking the cold, a little strange those trips alone. For a child, it's very gratifying to plant a tree and see how it grows. At first I started with radishes. I think I had about four or five years. He was running the orchard to see if he could already get them. The day I ate what they had sown was very happy. It was followed by a tree, which grew by chance by a stone, which had pulled among the

Granpa takes Little Tree to the mountaintop at dawn, to watch the mountain “coming alive”. As Little Tree watches and feels the mountain awakening, he realizes that he and Granpa have “an understanding that most folks don’t know” (Carter 8). Granpa said, “Folks who laugh and say that all is known about Nature, and that Nature don’t have a soul spirit, have never been in a mountain spring storm. When She’s birthing spring, She gets right down to it, tearing at the mountains like a birthing woman clawing at the bed quilts” (Carter 102). Little Tree is taught to sense his connection with Mother Earth, so he will live in harmony with the land, animals, and other people in the world. Little Tree learns that everything in nature has a

Speak has a bunch of themes and symbols. A tree is what represents the main character, Melinda. Melinda goes through a lot throughout her freshman year and learns a lot with it. A tree grows and has its moments and that is what Melinda story is life. The tree is a perfect way to represent her in the book and show how she deals with school, her family, and her own daily problems she encounters.

This tree compares to Gopal and how even with all of the change and all of the hardships he’s still standing as strong as he can be. It is told from Gopal’s perspective to show the struggles of an 11 year old boy from his mindset. The language used at time throughout the book remind readers of how young this character truly

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.”

Shel Silverstein used personification to make the tree into a person and how the tree can show love to the boy and how it can do all this stuff just for the boy to spend time with have you ever had someone take your kindness for weakness? Have you ever had someone use you for your money and good fortune? The tree waits and waits for the boy and the boy only comes every once and a while and when he comes it’s only using the tree for its resources and money. “i am too big to play, i want to buy things and have fun.”

Trees, trees, and more trees. That’s all Ralph could see as he ran, and yet it was still all a blur. Suddenly, Ralph came to an abrupt stop. He could hear Jack’s voice a little ways along the path, almost as if Ralph was suddenly somehow behind the tribe! Slowly, Ralph creeped ahead, making sure to stay hidden in the shadows of the trees.