White Heron Essay

The character I feel most sympathy for this week will be Sylvia, who is the character from the short story “A White Heron” by Sarah Orne Jewett. Sylvia is portrayed as that shy little girl “who is terrified of folks” per her grandmother, Mrs. Tilly, to a hunter who stays through the night while on an excursion for a white heron. (Jewett 136) Sylvia sadly to say had to be raised by her grandmother due to the death of her mother which came out to be a very exciting journey on the country side. (Jewett

In A White Heron , the author, Sarah Orne Jewett, describes a young girl who interacts with a number of elements that cause her to discover who she is and what she stands for. Sylvia, being only nine years old and coming from a large family from the demanding city life , is moved to her grandmother’s remote farm where she finds herself to be comfortably isolated from the rest of the world. This, in fact, suits her lack of social ability, and so she finds herself becoming one with nature: both the

​The theme of trust occurs many times in “A White Heron” by Sarah Orne Jewett, and is very important to the short story. In the story, a young girl named Sylvia faces the challenge of trust. She must decide if she should reveal the location of the white heron to the man that she meets in the woods, or if she will keep the location of the white heron a secret. Ultimately, trust plays a major role in Sylvia’s decision making, and the short story shows that trust is a very valuable possession which

In “A White Heron” by Sarah Orne Jewett, Sylvia, a city girl moves to her grandmother’s farm and immediately falls in love with the forest that surrounds the farm. Although only ten, nature is not all she begins to take interest in, she is also at an age and place where she wants to form friendships. Shortly after moving from the city, Sylvia meets a young hunter who she seems to take interest in. The Hunter asks Sylvia is she knew the whereabouts of a heron that he had been seeking for quite some

grandmother and she would do with the ten dollars. Sylvie awakens one morning with the idea she would find the White Heron. Once she found the White Heron she realized the bird’s life is more important than the ten dollars. I believe the author Sarah Jewett, wanted everyone to realize sometimes the wants and needs of someone else’s outweighs your own. Evaluation The story “The White Heron,” Sarah Jewett narrates the story by using third person. I believe in this Sarah uses imagery when she described

Sylvia made the right call when she did not tell the hunter where the White Heron was. She close relationship with nature as well as feeling she with one with nature itself. After having met the young hunter she liked him and although what his intentions for the birds was against her love for nature her relationship with this hunter would pull her to make a decision on whether to follow her heart for a man his intentions and beliefs or the love for nature and its welfare. Sylvia

In A White Heron Sarah Orne Jewett really dramatizes Sylvia, the main character through using several different literary elements. He uses such things as diction, metaphors, imagery, narrative pace and point of view throughout the story which help the reader stay interested. Jewett’s diction was very out of the ordinary. He used words and sayings that really caught your attention and mostly things you have not heard before. Jewett describes Sylvia as she is about to mount the great-pine tree. He

Comparing and contrasting Jewett's Sylvy in "A White Heron" with May Bartram of James's "The Beast in the Jungle" proves to be an interesting task. How can two such unlike characters be so alike. Only on close examination do these common threads appear.      In the story "A White Heron," Sylvy is presented as a young, pre- adolescent girl, living in the country with her grand mother. They are very isolated to themselves, living fairly simple

In the excerpt from her novel, A White Heron, Sarah Orne Jewett utilizes characterization and imagery to dramatize her young heroine’s adventure, shifting the tone from ambivalent to triumphant. Aided by characterization and imagery, the story’s initial tone is ambivalent because of the mixed emotions Sylvia feels while climbing. Sylvia is first described as daring, “She had always believed that whoever climbed to the top of it could see the ocean… Sylvia began with the utmost bravery to mount to

Discussion Questions on “The White Heron” by Sarah Orne Jewett 1. Think about the men, apart from the hunter, mentioned in the story? How are they characterized? Is the absence of men from Sylvia’s world (up until the arrival of the hunter) a significant factor in the story? Prior to meeting the hunter, it appears Sylvia was bullied/picked on by a boy who used to “frighten” her. We also don’t learn anything about her father, but I can infer that it wasn’t a complete loving relationship since he