Love isn’t taking advantage of the other person. Love isn’t using the other person because you can’t work for yourself. Love isn’t making the other person weak just to fulfill the others needs to make them stronger. In ,”The Giving Tree,” by Shel Silverstein, a little boy loved a tree and she loved him back, they had a strong connection, This lasted for years until the little boy started to change. He started to realize the things he wants instead of thinking modest of himself. Over the years, he has been asking for so many things the tree can handle. And every time the tree would give him things, thinking that’ll make her and the boy happy. But this reflects as a bad role model because she’s only happy when he takes advantage of her.
A reason for this is that the tree has been working over the years to make this boy happy. As the boy grew older, he only visited the tree to persuade her to give him something,”I’m too big to climb and play...I want to buy things and have fun. I want some money. Can you give me some money?” (paragraph 4) The boy says he’s too big to climb, yet he climbs the tree just to get the apples to sell for money. The boy didn’t even work for the money himself, but rather used the tree to get the money. This isn’t a good role model because the tree was giving …show more content…
Throughout the passage, the tree felt lonely as the boy started to grow older. Every time the boy would visit was just to get something out of her,“I am too old and sad to play… I want a boat that will take me far away from here,” (paragraph 11) The tree loved the boy so much she’d give up anything to make him happy. This is a bad role model because the boy took advantage of their friendship, as he was constantly asking for things that the tree could possibly can provide. She lended him all of herself to make him happy, as he leaves her most of the
A reason for this is that the tree has been working over the years to make this boy happy. As the boy grew older, he only visited the tree to persuade her to give him something,”I’m too big to climb and play...I want to buy things and have fun. I want some money. Can you give me some money?” (paragraph 4) The boy says he’s too big to climb, yet he climbs the tree just to get the apples to sell for money. The boy didn’t even work for the money himself, but rather used the tree to get the money. This isn’t a good role model because the tree was giving …show more content…
Throughout the passage, the tree felt lonely as the boy started to grow older. Every time the boy would visit was just to get something out of her,“I am too old and sad to play… I want a boat that will take me far away from here,” (paragraph 11) The tree loved the boy so much she’d give up anything to make him happy. This is a bad role model because the boy took advantage of their friendship, as he was constantly asking for things that the tree could possibly can provide. She lended him all of herself to make him happy, as he leaves her most of the