Shel Silverstein

The primary source I’ve chosen is the giving tree by Shel Silverstein, this book is about two opposites a boy and a tree. Every day the boy would come to the tree and play on her branches, climb her trunk, and eat her apples. then as the boy got older he stopped coming as much and would only come when he wanted something from the tree. first, it was her apple to sell in town to make money, then it was her branches to build a house, so he could get a wife and have kids. Then finally her trunk to…

Most people who had problems with Shel Silverstein’s work, had a problem with the often depressing point of view. Though, not present in the poem I chose, his bleak outlook on the world was often to much for parents to comfortably read his poetry to them. This was not always the case though. Silverstein had many poems that favored love over war, a popular theme of the time. His most famous work, however, The Giving Tree, was very depressing and sad. Many parents had problems with the book’s…

How would your life be different if there wasn’t a mother there to support you? Many children rely on their mother to provide support, safety, and love. Throughout the story the boy goes to the tree for various things. In the Giving Tree, Shel Silverstein personifies the character of the treeto depict a mother figure. A mother is always willing to help her child. The gives the bpy anything she can give him when he wants it to make him happy. She gave him apples when he wanted money and she gave…

Introduction Among all the famous contemporary children’s poets, Shel Silverstein is hailed as one of the most popular authors of children’s books in the twentieth century and is dubbed “Poet laureate of kids” by the critic Megan Rosenfeld. His poems are not only embraced by children but by people of all ages; one of the solid proof is that they have been translated into over 30 languages and some of them have been adopted for animations. In some of his reputed poems he depicted the alienation…

“Where the Sidewalk Ends” is probably one of Shel Silverstein’s most well known work. It doesn’t have a distinct rhyme scheme. The last word of the first line of the first two stanzas doesn’t rhyme with any other word in the same stanza. Then the second line roughly rhymes with the last sentence. Lastly three lines in the stanza rhyme one after each other. Aside from the rhyme scheme, this poem uses strong imagery. Silverstein describes nature as a brilliant, wonderful place. On the other hand…

Rough Draft One always thinks of a parent and child relationship between two humans. Yet Shel Silverstein shows the relationship between a child and a parent, with just a boy and a tree.Did you ever stop to think about how the tree and the boy bond? The tree and the boy have a beautiful relationship, but really what type of relationship do they have? In “The Giving Tree”, Shel Silverstein shows the relationship of a parent and child through the characterization of the boy and the tree. First…

Shel Silverstein was a well known author, poet, songwriter, and cartoonist. He was born on September 25, 1930, in Chicago. (“bio.com” n.p). Silverstein rarely mentioned his early childhood to anyone, but he did want to be a professional baseball player. (“Bio.com” n.p). Sadly he was horrible at sports so he stuck with sketching in his notebook at the age of twelve. (“Bio.com n.p). Later on down the road Silverstein attended Roosevelt High and graduated in 1948. (“Bio.com” n.p). Silverstein had…

Shel Silverstein was an American cartoonist, playwright, performer, recording artist and poet. He was born in Chicago, in 1930, during the Great Depression. His first few years of life were hard. His family often had only one-day-old bread and a few pastries to eat from his father’s bakery. His family lived with other family members in a crowded house. He was not the best student at school until he attended Roosevelt University, where his English teacher, who noticed his artistic writing…

Jeremy Fink tries to find four keys to get the answer he has been longing for. The poem, "Where the sidewalk ends", By Shel Silverstein is a poem about a person who is leaving all the bad behind him/her and is starting a new way of thinking. He/she is going to Leave all of the bad memories and thoughts behind while really focusing on the good in front of him/her. The poet Shel Silverstein uses Metaphors and Personification to get His/her point across to the reader. While Mass uses Metaphors,…

love and compassion, the lives of the people in this world would be enhanced. Lessons of life and death are both taught by the book Tuesdays with Morrie, by Mitch Albom, and Shel Silverstein’s short story The Giving Tree. Both works of literature give perspectives on life in different ways. Both Mitch Albom and Shel Silverstein want to show how to live life by loving others, aging, and developing relationships. Tuesdays with Morrie, a nonfiction novel, is about a student who reconnects with…