There are a lot of books that explain us about life and make us think about it such as, what make us happy or what we want at the moment. For example, there is a book for kids and teengaers called “The Giving Tree” that describes the love of a tree towards a boy. In the story the tree gives everything that she has to the boy to make him happy because she loves him. At the end of the story the reader is going to ask himself/herself about some lessons that she/he learned from the book and the sad story of the tree.
After I read the book “The Giving Tree”, I learned and think about a lot of things about what my life and surroundings. It is complicated to find a person like the tree in the story because lately people don’t trust each other and
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In the poem “The Giving Tree” gave all what she had to the boy, but he didn’t say please or thank you, that was really irrespectful and he didn’t appreciate the things that he was getting. “"I want to buy things and have fun. I want some money?" "I 'm sorry," said the tree, "but I have no money. I have only leaves and apples. Take my apples, Boy, and sell them in the city. Then you will have money and you will be happy." And so the boy climbed up the tree and gathered her apples and carried them away.” In this quote, we can read that the boy just wanted something without saying at least please. Saying please and thank you are the fundamental things in life that a person should learn and teach other to say it because later on it will too late to say …show more content…
What that means in my perspective is that we can find happiness in a place that we have enough things that we need, but it is not too much but not too little; it is between them. A place where we can find peace and we don’t have to worry about things anymore, a place where we can just have a person beside us and be happy with them. “"I don 't need very much now," said the boy. "just a quiet place to sit and rest. I am very tired." "Well," said the tree, straightening herself up as much as she could, "well, an old stump is good for sitting and resting Come, Boy, sit down. Sit down and rest." And the boy did. And the tree was happy.” Happiness can be found when we just need to rest on someone shoulders or we can be in peace with ourselves.
In conclusion, the poem “The Giving Tree” is a story that tell us what we need to do with the people closest to us and think about how to be nice to them. This poem is short. but it taught us a lot of things and it gave us lessons that happens a lot of times without thinking about it. It has more lessons and things in the poem, but it can be found when you read in the second
The poem can be very touching to those who understand its true meaning. Dana Gioia was able to take this poem that was about a death of a young boy and turn it into something beautiful allowing him to live forever. This story is not only about the mourning of a lost soul, but about the beauty of life itself. Dana also allowed to reader to understand the compassion she had for the speaker. Without verbally saying it she used symbolic images to interpret the hurt and pain the man experienced from the loss of this unborn child. Instead of the common Sicily tradition for planting a tree for the first born child, the speaker does what he feels will honor his son. The sequoia is planted to compensate for the time he has lost and to outlive the child’s family. T
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The lyrics of Tim Lopez of Plain White T's song, The Giving Tree, hits home for many who have been in a relationship and gave them there all without receiving it back. The song relates to many people in relationships or even friendships. The relation to the song can range from a variety of ages and sexes. Someone can only put so much into a relationship with receiving little to nothing back, until they finally break down and walk away. Tim Lopez was inspired by a children's book by Shel Silverstein, The Giving Tree, which was about a relationship between a boy and a tree. Tim Lopez wrote this song about his one-way relationship where he gave it his all with little to nothing in return.
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