Aaron's Gift By Myron Levoy Analysis

Sometimes you see an injured animal, do you help it? That’s your choice; but “Aaron's Gift,” written by Myron Levoy, tells a story about a boy who found a pigeon and wanted to give it to his grandma for her birthday. However, a club leader was about to “sacrifice” Pidge and Aaron saved the bird before it was in any harm. Levoy answers the question, “What would you do for your family?” by portraying Aaron as a courageous and generous boy willing to do anything for his family. Two examples from the text are when Aaron rescued Pidge, and when a gang threatened Page's life later in the story. Because of a traumatic experience, Aaron wanted to give Pidge to his grandma. As a girl, his grandma was hiding from the Cossacks when they came to …show more content…
When he leaped across the fire he tackled Carl, and Carl dropped Pidge. He did this because Carl asked him to bring Pidge to their club, when he did they were going to throw Pidge into a fire. This demonstrates he was being courageous for his family.
It also says in the story “With the pigeon gone, the boys turned towards Aaron and tackled him to the ground and punched him and tore his clothes and punched him some more.” This shows that he sacrificed himself so the pigeon could be safe. Aaron made sure that Pidge flew away so that they couldn’t get them, instead of just running off to save himself. Both of these pieces show that he did it for his family and Pidge who is almost like family.
Everything Aaron did was for the benefit of his family and the benefit of Pidge. Myron Levoy shows that Aaron loves his family, would do anything for them, and he loved Pidge. Aaron saved Pidge from a gang, and later on saved his life once more. Whatever Aaron does it is to help his family which shows that “What would you do for your family?” is a suitable question for this story, because there are many examples of what Aaron would do for his family and his new friend,