Jewett also shows this when Sylvia becomes "horror-stricken" at "a boy's whistle" that is "determined, and somewhat aggressive" (623). She feels that a bird's whistle is friendly, and isn't at all alarming. Finally, Sylvia shows her apprehension in the fact that even though she has lost her initial fear of the young hunter; she follows behind him, rarely speaking. She only speaks to him after he speaks to her; "there was no such thing as speaking first. The sound of her own unquestioned voice [terrifies] her" (626). So, while Sylvia is completely comfortable with her wooded surroundings and all of the animals, she is quite fearful and shy when it comes to encounters with anything and anyone from the busy, outside world. .
Sylvia's affinity for nature makes her very nurturing. Her grandmother says, "There ain't a foot o' ground she don't know her way over, and the wild creatures count her one o' themselves." She also tells the hunter that if she doesn't keep watch on her, Sylvia will forgo her own meals, just so she will have enough to feed to the birds. Feeding the birds and squirrels is so important to Sylvia because she feels such a kinship or emotional bond with them. Jewett also shows Sylvia's nurturing nature in how she reacts to the family cow. Although the cow is stubborn and likes to hide from Sylvia, she shows great patience when dealing with her. The cow is her playmate, and Sylvia spends hours wandering the woods with her.
Being only nine, Sylvia shows considerable maturity for her age. In 1886, when this story was written, life was much different than today. Sylvia lives out in the woods, and most of the people that she encounters are other farmers from the region. When she comes upon the hunter, and he asks her if he can stay the night at her house, she knows to be alarmed. She worries that "her grandmother [will] consider her much to blame.
In "A White Heron," Sarah Orne Jewett describes the journey of a little girl and reminds the reader how it feels to have a sudden moment of revelation. To convey this universal idea, Jewett utilizes a chronological organization that moves from a challenge to a quest and finally to a moment of victory. ...
In Sarah Ornes Jewetts', A White Heron, it sounds like a simple story at first, but once it's analyzed and picked apart, there are many more aspects to the story that are revealed. ... In the beginning of the short story, A White Heron, Sylvia was very much afraid of the woods which were in the back of her grandmother's farm house. ... (Jewett, 183). ... (Jewett 189). ... Throughout Jewett's A White Heron, young Sylvia proved to be much more intelligent and mature than the average nine year old girl. ...
"A White Heron" is a short story written by Sarah Orne Jewett. ... "You would know the heron if you saw it, a queer tall white bird with soft feathers and long thin legs. ... Yet, at the time that "A White Heron" was written, it could have been equivalent to about $1,000. ... She would be able to enjoy time with the heron. ... The heron has been her only friend besides Miss Moolly, the cow. ...
"A White Heron" "A White Heron," a story carefully built into emotion by Sarah Orne Jewett explores man V.S. man as well as man V.S. nature and uses symbolism to create man V.S. himself. ... The three main symbols we look for in the story are the geranium, a withered away flower, a pine tree, tall and vast in space, and a heron, unique, free, and alive. ... So the hunter offers to give Sylvia ten dollars to help him find the heron. ... Lastly, the heron plays a big symbol in the story by representing Sylvia in her uniqueness. ...
The short story "A White Heron" written by Sarah Orne Jewett is the story of a young girl and how she becomes her own person in a time when women were supposed to be loyal like dogs toward men. The current views and the beginning of change in those views that some of society held towards the independence of women in the late 1800s can be seen through the character portrayals in "A White Heron." ... Jewett shows men as being proud and always in search of a prize, rather than companionship. ...
The short story "A White Heron" written by Sarah Orne Jewett is the story of a young girl and how she becomes her own person in a time when women were supposed to be loyal like dogs toward men. The current views and the beginning of change in those views that some of society held towards the independence of women in the late 1800s can be seen through the character portrayals in "A White Heron." ... Jewett shows men as being proud and always in search of a prize, rather than companionship. ...
"A White Heron" is a short story written by Sarah Orne Jewett. ... "You would know the heron if you saw it, a queer tall white bird with soft feathers and long thin legs. ... Yet, at the time that "A White Heron" was written, it could have been equivalent to about $1,000. ... The murmur of the pine's green branches is in her ears, she remembers how the white heron came flying through the golden air and how they watched the sea and the morning together, and Sylvia cannot speak, she cannot tell the heron's secret and give its life away." ... By the end of "A White Heron" the young g...
When we look at the stories we have read so far which like "The Story Of Avis" by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, "A White Heron" by Sarah Orne Jewett and "The Yellow Wall-Paper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, we can learn about women's opinions in this period. ... Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Sarah Orne Jewett expressed and explored the realities of women's lives after marriage in their fictions. ... In Jewett's story "A White Heron", the words that Sylvia can choose to utter to the hunter or withhold from him will determine her future and that of her natural worl...
Sylvia, a character from Sarah Orne Jewett's short story, A White Heron, goes through a plethora of events and personal decision making while unknowingly finding herself. ... The young man explains that he is a bird collector and only needs one more bird, a White Heron, to complet! ... Suddenly, a White Heron appears on the tree close to Sylvia. ... Whether it was money or a pocketknife, the man was willing to do anything necessary in order to find a White Heron. ... A White Heron explains how an individual found herself, and by doing so killed one mans dream and passed up money for h...