Mrs. Tilley, Sylvia’s grandmother, is an outside character. Though with her detailed descriptions of Sylvia, one can tell that she is very supportive of her granddaughter’s curiosity of the world. For example when she is talking to the hunter she says, “I’m willin’ to help support,” (531). She wants Sylvia to free and adventurous which is one of the reasons Sylvia does explore for day on end. She is also accepting of the hunter, when he wants to stay at the house and get something to eat, she replies

Sylvia can be described as an environment lover or as her grandmother stated, “there ain’t a foot o’ ground she don’t know her way over.” (531) She seeks for answers. Slyvia wants to learn about the wilderness; therefore she must explore it with open arms. She is also a lover of animals. Her grandmother states that, “Squer’ls she’ll tame…” (531) Alluding to the fact that animals trust in her, but she also trusts in them. They are teaching her about life. The main thing Sylvia symbolizes is loyalty, but it is more of the loyalty she has to herself. She had a huge crush on the hunter, or as she said she, “loves him as a dog loves!” (535). It is very clear that she could have told the man of the heron, but that would end it’s freedom. When she was standing at the top of the tree looking from her, “two eager eyes,” (534) She knew in her heart that she would find the white heron and she did. As she stood and watched it sore through the sky a feeling of tranquility came through her.

The “tall young man, who carried a gun,” (530), or the hunter is the love of Sylvia, but in a way he is only using her for his advantage. He has a large collection of stuffed birds and want one of a White heron, and because Sylvia is adve

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