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Literary Analysis on The Giving Tree The Giving Tree is a story about the relationship between a boy and a tree. When the boy was young, the tree and he became really good friends. The tree is like a provider for the boy and always gives him what he needs, such as vines to swing from, shade to sit in, apples to eat, branches to build a house, a trunk to build a boat and a stump to sit on. As the boy got older, the tree would allow the boy to mutilate her and take her branches, apples, and trunk. The tree let the boy take from her because she loved the boy and would give him anything. The Giving Tree had many different meanings, but there was the one that kids’ moms are willing to self-sacrifice for them and they take it for granted. The mom would be the tree and the boy represents the mother’s child. The story, The Giving Tree, could be used as preparation for the future, by telling kids around the world how much their moms do for them on a daily basis and how much it means for them to get a “thank you” every once and a while.
This poem just resembles another story, simply meant to be read to children by their parents before they go to bed, but there are many more meanings to this poem/story. One meaning I took away from The Giving Tree is selfish love in the long run will hurt the lover, which in this case was the boy and also that unselfish love will hurt the lover in the long run, which in this story was the tree. Another meaning that can be taken from The Giving Tree is the portrayal of a mother and a son.
The boy showed selfish love and the tree showed unselfish love. A meaning that could be taken from these things was the fact that in the long run both of these will hurt the people who show them selfish and unselfish love. During the course of the story, the boy showed selfish love by doing things such as, taking the tree’s apples to make money, taking the tree’s branches to build a house, and taking the trunk to build a boat. This hurt the boy

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