The Giving Tree Summary

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Shel Silverstein's Giving Tree starts with an apple tree. That tree like a little boy and that boy likes it. He often comes to play on this tree. That boy is "gather leaves", "crawl trunks", "swing from branches". The boy spent a lot of time on the trees. When he eats an apple, the tree gives the boy a shadow. They have a wonderful time together, they are very happy

But as time went on, the boy started to grow. As he got older, he did not visit trees more and more, and the trees were very lonely and sad. After a while the boy came back. Tree wants to be happy again with the boy, but the boy is not there. The boy is going to make money. This tree wanted the boy happy, so she sold all the apple to him.

More time passed, the boy finally came back. He built a house and wanted the tree to give him all the branches. There are no more things to offer in trees, but I tried it even. When the boy came home he wanted to run away on a boat so the tree gave him a trunk and told him to build a ship from the ship. Whenever a tree gives something to a boy, she is happy. That's why she continues to give

That boy has returned after a long absence. The boy is now very old and not very necessary, but the tree still hopes she will give him something. At this point, there are few trees. She is the oldest stump in the forest. This tree provides stumps for boys as a chair. The boy is very happy. The same can be said for trees

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When you analyze trees literally, the tree gives a story about the relationship between boys and trees. When the boy was young, the tree and he became really good friends. This tree is like a boy 's owner, eating apples, making branches, making trunks and stumps, swaying in the shade, relaxing in the shade. As the boy grows up, the tree will hurt the boy to the boy, take branches, apples, and trunks. As she likes boys and gives him something, this tree allows a boy to remove it from her. There are various meanings to giving trees, but I think that mothers of children are willing to sacrifice for themselves. Show more

Jackson and Dell (1979) wrote an "alternative version" of a story of educational purpose called "other tree". It has two trees next to each other and a growing boy. The tree behaves like a tree of "giving trees" and eventually becomes a stubble, but the other tree stops giving the boy the apple and does not give the boy a branch or trunk. At the end of the story, the old man chose to sit in the shade of another tree and I felt very sad.

On the surface, the story is about a tree sacrificed for the love of a boy. Originally they were playing happily together every day, but eventually the boy grew up and pursued the temptation of adults: money, home, family, travel. Therefore, this tree builds a boy for her boy, her branch for her house, and her trunks for boats. Finally, the tree is a stump, but a boy - an old man who is tired now - needs only a quiet place to rest, so he is sitting on the tree and trees are very happy. the end

About one year after "Wild Things" was published, another book for symbolic kids was published. "Giving Trees". Give a tree a little boy and tree relationship. The tree and the boy were constantly in contact until a little boy got old. Whenever a boy is in trouble or needs something, he comes to the tree. The trees are ready at any time and willingly give the boys anything he may need. This includes things like tree nuts, branches and bark. The tree does not mind abandoning all of these, as it means that she can see boys and bring happiness to him. As the boy turns into an older man, the tree starts to see him getting less and less. At some point, the tree is no longer willing to give him the boy what he needs. "This tree is very happy ... but it is not true." Finally, the boy will return to the tree again, the tree is as happy as a boy.