Jewett’s story “The White Heron” brings up many questions regarding patriarchy and companionship as well as the effects of these ways. In the story, Sylvia, at first, decides to give away the heron’s, an animal facing extinction, location to the hunter till she climbs up “the tree” (Jewett 165) and gains a new perspective. When she’s up there, she finds herself having a sense of control over the rest of the world, permitting her to connect to the bird as she faces a dilemma. The hunter promises to make her and her family “rich with money” (Jewett 166) and offers her eternal companionship if she gives away the bird’s location, but, as her name suggests, she remains a girl from the forest and decides not to let its location be revealed as she
