“The Giving Tree” by Shel Silverstein is a classic tale that has been read to children as a bedtime story since its first publishing in 1964. However many have argued on what the meaning behind the story is. Could it be focus on what you need rather than what you want, maybe even you can’t outrun your problems, or quite possibly let love rule. These arguments are right in their own way, however they all have one thing in common, they each are a strong moral message that children should learn.
The first interpretation of the short story, focus on what you need rather than what you want, pays more attention to the boy’s greed and what he is taking from the tree. “But the boy stayed away for a long time....and the tree was sad. And then one day the boy came back "I am too busy to climb trees," said the boy. "I want a house to keep me warm," he said. "I want a wife and I want children, and so I need a house. Can you give me a house ?" This quote, taken from paragraph three of the selection, is a direct representation of the demands the boy makes to the tree. As the boy takes from the tree, the tree begins to deteriorate and the boy takes what little is left of the tree. This represents the analogy of taking advantage of someone’s kindness. …show more content…
The boy in the story asks the tree for a canoe so he can go far away. The tree eventually does give him a canoe, in which the reader then can infer that the boy then leaves, however in the end the boy comes back to the tree, representing that the issues he was trying to escape eventually brought him back. “"I want a boat that will take me far away from here. Can you give me a boat?"...And after a long time the boy came back again.” These quotes were pulled to show that the boy does leave, but to some undisclosed circumstances, must
The first interpretation of the short story, focus on what you need rather than what you want, pays more attention to the boy’s greed and what he is taking from the tree. “But the boy stayed away for a long time....and the tree was sad. And then one day the boy came back "I am too busy to climb trees," said the boy. "I want a house to keep me warm," he said. "I want a wife and I want children, and so I need a house. Can you give me a house ?" This quote, taken from paragraph three of the selection, is a direct representation of the demands the boy makes to the tree. As the boy takes from the tree, the tree begins to deteriorate and the boy takes what little is left of the tree. This represents the analogy of taking advantage of someone’s kindness. …show more content…
The boy in the story asks the tree for a canoe so he can go far away. The tree eventually does give him a canoe, in which the reader then can infer that the boy then leaves, however in the end the boy comes back to the tree, representing that the issues he was trying to escape eventually brought him back. “"I want a boat that will take me far away from here. Can you give me a boat?"...And after a long time the boy came back again.” These quotes were pulled to show that the boy does leave, but to some undisclosed circumstances, must