In A White Heron, Sylvia is a young girl who loves the outside. The birds and the white heron represent the natural world, the beauty of it, and Sylvia’s relationship with nature. When Sylvia is walking in the woods before she meets the hunter, the narrator talks about the beauty of the woods. The cool air, the moths, and the birds, who are either sleeping or fully awake. Then Sylvia meets the hunter, and is scared of him. He says that he’s hunting for birds, and talks about the white heron. The white heron is a rare bird that the hunter is currently looking for, and he was willing to pay 10 dollars to anyone who could show him where the heron is. Sylvia and the grandmother don’t have a lot of money, and 10 dollars could help them a lot. Sylvia
