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A White Heron Analysis
Sarah Orne Jewett’s “White Heron”: Reader’s Response “A White Heron”, by Sarah Orne Jewett is about a young city girl named Sylvia. She came to live with her grandma in the countryside. She met a young hunter who was trying to find a rare bird. This girl found that she loves the country life and the animals that live in the woods. I agree with Sylvia who keeps the heron’s secret and who enjoys her life in the countryside. First of all, in this story, the main character Sylvia was born and grew up in the city and moved from the city to the countryside to live with her grandmother. This little girl was young and lovely; she had passion with everything with nature. “The good woman suspected that Sylvia loitered occasionally on her own account;
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