In Sarah Orne Jewett's "White Heron," Jewett uses the color white in a symbolic way for purity. The question becomes will the purity of youth unblemished conquer the symbolic greed associated with wealth? The sweet beauty of innocence is convey in the main character Sylvia. Sylvia lives with her grandmother in the woods. They are economically poor yet Sylvia is rich in integrity. A proven fact when a hunter comes to the woods in search of a White Heron. He tells Sylvia he will pay her ten dollars if she leads him to the bird. Although ten dollars was not a lot of money to the hunter it was to Sarah.
However there was something worth more than money to Sarah the beauty of the woods. The white heron was a part of the beauty of the woods. The hunter sought to kill the bird and display it some where. In the end Sarah sought to see the beauty of the life in the white heron.
How we sometimes disparately need the innocence beauty of Sylvia to flow through the heart and minds of people. Some people are too quick to kill and display beauty not realizing death can not capture beauty. To try to buy beauty kills it.
Friday, February 29, 2008
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