sreya_96 's review for:

The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein

4.0

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A short and sweet read. It's a picture book meant for kids but has a lesson for all its readers irrespective of their age. It's a story about a tree and a boy. The relation they share is not really about friendship but more like a mother-son relationship. The tree loves the boy unconditionally and is happy just to see him. The tree readily sacrifices whatever little it has for the sake of the boy's happiness. But unfortunately the boy is full of himself, he doesn't care and appreciate the boundless love of the tree. The boy is caught up in his life but is never really content. The more he gets the more he wants. On the other hand the tree by giving away all that it has is happy because the boy seems to be happy. That's the power of giving, you will never be bereft of happiness. The story assumes an added emphasize in this materialistic, pleasure-driven contemporary world. If we keep on running after things we can never be happy like the boy. Life is not a race rather its a journey that becomes fulfilled and meaningful only when are co-travellers (our loved ones) are there with us.
Its a short, simple book with basic illustrations but with a priceless message that sometimes we take lifetime to understand.
My rating - 4 ⭐