Selfless Love Essay

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SELFLESS LOVE Selfless Love 2 Shel Silverstein was born on September 25, 1930. He was a cartoonist, guitarist and song writer as well as an author (www.fIDnouspoemsandpoets.com). Although he never planned on I writing for children one of his most famous children's books is The Giving Tree (1964). At first glance it is just another narrative poem with a lot of pictures that is meant to be read to small children. It is a simple story about a boy and a tree. Many have interpreted the story, the movie, and the song in different ways. Above all, The Giving Tree (Silverstein) is about a mother with selfless love and her son who has selfish love. It starts when the boy is young and has no worries in the world because his mother provides everything he needs, then as he grows into his teen years he starts to distance himself even though when he needs something he goes right back to his mother. Finally it ends as the boy is an elder and he needs his mother one last time. Unquestionably, the tree is given human like qualities. On page two the tree is referred to as she. She has emotions, the ability to give, and can talk. Looking at the pictures the reader can see that the tree has the ability to point, hold the boy, and on page three her branches look like extended arms as the boy runs to her. When the book says He would climb up her trunk this is referring to how a child clings to his mother and when it says swing from her branches it is talking about how a mother holds her son and rocks him. Just as a mother would do for her child, the tree provides for the boy love, a safe place to play, a comfortable place to rest, and this makes her happy. Even though it is her responsibility to provide these things she does it with unconditional love. A mother doesn't complain and will sacrifice hcrsclfto make her children happy. "Everyday the boy would come and he
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