"A White Heron," a story carefully built into emotion by Sarah Orne Jewett explores man V.S. man as well as man V.S. nature and uses symbolism to create man V.S. himself. Sylvia is the main character growing up and finding she has to make moral and interpersonal decisions. The three main symbols we look for in the story are the geranium, a withered away flower, a pine tree, tall and vast in space, and a heron, unique, free, and alive.

First building conflict around the symbolism played in the story, we find a shy young girl named Sylvia, a hunter, and the young girls grandmother. The story takes place on a farm where the young girl and grandmother live. The hunter is staying at the farm for a couple of nights to hunt for a rare bird, the heron and comes to find that Sylv

Secondly, the story shows the symbol the pine tree. The pine tree is tall and at the top is the highest place Sylvia has ever been. Sylvia climbs to the top of the tree and the first thing she sees is two hawks flying showing the birth of Sylvia’s life. Then she sees the ocean, something she has never seen before, "Alas, if the great wave of human interest which flooded for the first time this dull little life should sweep away the satisfactions of an existence heart to heart with nature and the dumb life of the forest." She turns back and sees towns and trees, which are her past, but now she looks toward the ocean, her future. The top of the tree is showing that Sylvia is at a new high point and she now has a new path to take in her life to find her balance with herself.

Lastly, the heron plays a big symbol in the story by representing Sylvia in he

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