The Giving Tree is a poem about a relationship between a boy and a tree. When the boy was young the tree would give him everything to make him happy and they were best of friends. The tree was like a caretaker for the boy and always gave him whatever he needed, like branches to swing from, shade to sit under and rest, apples to sell, branches to build a house, a trunk to build a boat so he could get away, and a stump to rest on when the boy grows old and needs to rest. As the boy gets older the tree gave more and more, eventually she gives 90% of what she has to him and still finds a way to make the boy happy. When first read or looked at, a person could think that The Giving Tree is just a narrative poem meant to be read to a small child.
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This hurt the tree because the boy kept coming and taking more so he could fulfill his wants and needs. The tree was so loving that she gave him everything she could possibly give him in order for him to feel good about life. In the very end of the story, the tree had given so much that all that was left of her was nothing but a stump in the ground. There was a metaphor about a mother's undying love towards her and how a mother would give anything in the entire world to make their child happy. The mother (the tree) was willing to give anything to her son (the boy). The tree made incredible offers in order to help boy be happy, which any mom in the entire world would do for her son. A very important lesson all children could learn from The Giving Tree is that mother’s make so many sacrifices in life to keep their kids flying high, but the kids just take them without thinking about how much it cost their mom or how much strain it puts on them.
In The Giving Tree, Silverstein was implying that people, kids and adults alike, need to see both sides of the story and understand that they could have wound up there at one point or possibly could in the future. The figurative language that Silverstein used consisted of refrain (ex: “And the tree was happy”), and personification. Although he did not use a lot of figurative language, the point he was trying to get across was
This hurt the tree because the boy kept coming and taking more so he could fulfill his wants and needs. The tree was so loving that she gave him everything she could possibly give him in order for him to feel good about life. In the very end of the story, the tree had given so much that all that was left of her was nothing but a stump in the ground. There was a metaphor about a mother's undying love towards her and how a mother would give anything in the entire world to make their child happy. The mother (the tree) was willing to give anything to her son (the boy). The tree made incredible offers in order to help boy be happy, which any mom in the entire world would do for her son. A very important lesson all children could learn from The Giving Tree is that mother’s make so many sacrifices in life to keep their kids flying high, but the kids just take them without thinking about how much it cost their mom or how much strain it puts on them.
In The Giving Tree, Silverstein was implying that people, kids and adults alike, need to see both sides of the story and understand that they could have wound up there at one point or possibly could in the future. The figurative language that Silverstein used consisted of refrain (ex: “And the tree was happy”), and personification. Although he did not use a lot of figurative language, the point he was trying to get across was