‘A White Heron’ By Sarah Orne Jewett
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Thesis Statement: Sylvia’s nighttime quest is really a journey into herself.
In Sara Orne Jewett’s ‘A White Heron’, we are introduced to a shy, withdrawn and lonely young girl, Sylvia. When Sylvia has a unlikely encounter with a handsome young hunter, shy finds herself torn between the lo ....
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.... to look upon the cow’s
pranks as an intelligent attempt to play hide and
seek, and as the child had no playmates she let
herself to this amusement with a good deal of zest.”
This quote lets us know several things. Sylvia does not have any playmates; in fact, we get the impression that her best friend is her grandmother’s cow. The story soon gives us another piece of vital information about Sylvia.
“ “‘Afraid of folks,’” old Mrs. Tilley said to
herself, with a ....
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Word count: 1684
Page count: 7 (approximately 250 words per page)
