A White Heron By Sarah Orne Jewett

“A White Heron” by Sarah Orne Jewett, is a short story that is a representation of the life within Maine. Jewett demonstrates the conflict Sylvia; a newly rural child faces when given the choice of pleasing the man she is attracted to or being faithful to the love she has for nature. Sylvia who knows the location of the White Heron; a unique bird, has to decided whether to place the love she has for nature above pleasing a hunter with the intention of stuffing the bird and adding it to his collection. In Jewett’s short story there are both dynamic and static characters. Sylvia’s grandmother is an example of a static character; she does not evolve. “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez is quite different. Marquez demonstrates