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4.29 AVERAGE
4.29 AVERAGE
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
The Giving Tree can be interpreted in many ways, I'm sure of this and I made up my own interpretation of this short story. It looks like the story wants to tell how ungrateful and greedy one can be and that by greed you destroy your own happiness. At first the boy was happy for having just a tree and he didn't destroy the tree for his own greed or pleasure as he felt happy by just having the apples on the tree and sticks to climb up on. When the boy grew older he had many things to worry in life, like many people also still do, which made him use the tree for his own happiness in a way that harmed the tree. The tree said it was happy to help the boy, but I'm sure the tree was sad inside that it was used and not being seen as important anymore as it used to be. The boy grew up and didn't see the grace in the tree anymore — it's beauty. If he would have, he wouldn't have destroyed the tree that he grew up with.
Except all the lessons this book can give I do see negative aspects of it as well, as one can learn that it's good to use someone for one's own benefits as they are feeling ‘happy’ about it. I would have preferred if the tree would have said that they were sad instead of making it seem like it was completely right of the boy to do such bad and harmful things to the tree.
Except all the lessons this book can give I do see negative aspects of it as well, as one can learn that it's good to use someone for one's own benefits as they are feeling ‘happy’ about it. I would have preferred if the tree would have said that they were sad instead of making it seem like it was completely right of the boy to do such bad and harmful things to the tree.
challenging
emotional
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
emotional
inspiring
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Silverstein's classic parable about a tree who gave everything she had for the boy she loved. This story is a great introduction to Silverstein's work, or on its own. It is one of my favorite children's books.
I love this book. Practically every child I've babysat has this book and has endured me reading it to them and sniffling along the way. Yeah, it might be a little worrisome to give a kid a book about a tree that gives until it has nothing, but how many kids really figure out that part? Remember the Berenstain Bears? I thought Brother and Sister were selfish little bastards in the Case of the Gimmies book, but I still threw a tantrum for candy at the supermarket.
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