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4.29 AVERAGE
4.29 AVERAGE
Difícil avaliar um livro infantil. É bem triste, mas não entendo a mensagem que uma criança poderia tirar.
sad
slow-paced
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
hell yeah
I had always loved this book as a kid, although I sobbed every time I read it. After reading a friend's review (and comments under her review) my mind has 'awakened'
Now I'm realizing what a horrible message this book gave me. I've been working the last year to recover from childhood trauma and spending my adult life being a "people pleaser" / codependent / al-anon... believing it was my job to save people, fix their problems (if you complained to me I assumed you either blamed me for it or wanted me to fix it for you, or both, for example), I also only felt I had worth if I was of use to somebody, and was raised to think I had to be of service to have value. (No wonder my abusers gave me this book! jeez! Talk about reinforcing their unhealthy/dysfunctional/abusive messages! (I was raised to feel I "owed them" and had a debt just for existing/being adopted... it was my job to earn and "make them proud" and give them status and bragging rights, I was also assigned to manage and fix their feelings, it was my job to make them happy even at my own sacrifice and peril) I WAS THE TREE).
With my recovered eyes I see how the human is a consumer/narcissist, the relationships are unequal, and the tree just keeps giving and giving, hoping/desperate to be loved, appreciated, SEEN, until it's got nothing left... and even then it is still caretaking for the human who hasn't so much as watered the tree. GROSS.
This is not a book I will give to children.
I loved this comment by Skylar on my friend Lisa's review.
"Many Christians (including myself initially) have thought of this as an allegory for Christ's sacrifice. If it is a Christian allegory, however, it is the disturbing tale of Christ's terrible, painful, continuous rejection by man, and _not_ some heart-warming tale of unconditional love and forgiveness. There is no repentance in "The Giving Tree," and therefore no real forgiveness.
Some take it as a tale of unconditional parental love, but if it is, it is again a painful tale: a tale of the child who never, his entire life, truly learns to appreciate his parents.
Environmentalist read it as a tale of man's selfish exploitation of nature.
Feminists regard it as a story of man's subjugation and abuse of woman and woman's failure to stand up for herself (the tree is a "she").
The author himself has said that he meant the tale only to tell the ugly truth of how some people use, and some people allow themselves to be used. "
Now I'm realizing what a horrible message this book gave me. I've been working the last year to recover from childhood trauma and spending my adult life being a "people pleaser" / codependent / al-anon... believing it was my job to save people, fix their problems (if you complained to me I assumed you either blamed me for it or wanted me to fix it for you, or both, for example), I also only felt I had worth if I was of use to somebody, and was raised to think I had to be of service to have value. (No wonder my abusers gave me this book! jeez! Talk about reinforcing their unhealthy/dysfunctional/abusive messages! (I was raised to feel I "owed them" and had a debt just for existing/being adopted... it was my job to earn and "make them proud" and give them status and bragging rights, I was also assigned to manage and fix their feelings, it was my job to make them happy even at my own sacrifice and peril) I WAS THE TREE).
With my recovered eyes I see how the human is a consumer/narcissist, the relationships are unequal, and the tree just keeps giving and giving, hoping/desperate to be loved, appreciated, SEEN, until it's got nothing left... and even then it is still caretaking for the human who hasn't so much as watered the tree. GROSS.
This is not a book I will give to children.
I loved this comment by Skylar on my friend Lisa's review.
"Many Christians (including myself initially) have thought of this as an allegory for Christ's sacrifice. If it is a Christian allegory, however, it is the disturbing tale of Christ's terrible, painful, continuous rejection by man, and _not_ some heart-warming tale of unconditional love and forgiveness. There is no repentance in "The Giving Tree," and therefore no real forgiveness.
Some take it as a tale of unconditional parental love, but if it is, it is again a painful tale: a tale of the child who never, his entire life, truly learns to appreciate his parents.
Environmentalist read it as a tale of man's selfish exploitation of nature.
Feminists regard it as a story of man's subjugation and abuse of woman and woman's failure to stand up for herself (the tree is a "she").
The author himself has said that he meant the tale only to tell the ugly truth of how some people use, and some people allow themselves to be used. "
Leí la historia y me sentí mal por el árbol, luego vi este "trailer" de la "película": http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/08acf2556f/the-giving-tree
...y se me pasó.
...y se me pasó.
Really shocked that this would be a recommended read for children... not a great message.
Okay so this was freaking depressing in some senses but that doesn't make it any less realistic. Even though I don't think this would make me happy, I can see how people relate to the tree because there are people who find happiness in being useful to the ones they love. The message can be complex and multifaceted even though it may seem simple. Still can't believe this is a children's book though.
emotional