The Giving Tree Shel Silverstein Analysis

have you ever wondered how you can teach your children about how giving is better than receiving? the book, the giving tree written by shel silverstein, he shows how giving is better than receiving. this book is really good for people of all ages. for those people who are greedy, this book is a great way to show them that its better to give. this book is a very good read. it will help you learn its better to give that receive.

the tree and the boy have a special connection, they love being around each other. theres so many things that indicates that they love each other and are happy when around each other. “and every day the boy would come and he would gather her leaves and make them a crown and play king of the forest” is one way of saying they enjoy the company. “and when he was tired, he would sleep in her shade.” is another example. the two sentences are saying that when the tree is giving something to the boy and in return the tree is getting

the smile on her face for doing something for someone else. “and the boy loved the tree… very much and the tree was happy” this sentence from the book tells you that the tree and the boy are happy. the tree and the boy as you can tell are happy, but as we get into the next paragraph one of the characters changes slightly.
as we all know the boy and the tree have a great connection, that connection will always be there, but when the boy stops seeing the tree, the tree gets lonely. the boy grows up and almost never sees the tree, until one day when he comes back for something. “but time went by. and the boy grew older. and the tree was often lonely.” this sentence tells you that the tree is lonely and why. “the boy came back to to the tree and the tree said: come, boy, come and climb up my trunk and swing from my branches and eat my apples and play in my shade and be happy” this shows how happy and excited tree was when the boy finally came back to visit. “i am to big to play, said the boy. i want to buy things and have fun. i want some money. can you give me some money?” this sentence shows that the boy shut down the tree and basically only came back to get something. the tree of course gave the boy something to help him with the money. even though the tree felt happy that she did something for the boy, hes going to want to come back for something else.
now that the boy has grown up, he wants different things.

the tree will always love the boy but the trees still lonely. “I want a house to keep me warm, he said. i want a wife and i want children, and so i need a house. can you give me a house?”, “I am too old and sad to play, said the boy. I want a boat that will take me far away from here. can you give me a boat?”. these sentences from the book shows that the boy has grown up and has returned to the tree, but he only returned to get something from him, and that seems a little selfish. “I have no house,” said the tree. The forest is my house, but you may cut off my branches and build a house. then you will be happy. cut down my trunk and make a boat, said the tree. than you can sail way… and be happy.” this part is showing that all the tree wants is for the boy to be happy, by doing that the tree sacrifices things for the boy to be happy. the boy will soon return to the tree for something more, but the question is when will he return and what will he ask for

next.
the boy will soon return to the tree for something more, but the question is when will he return and what will he ask for next. the boy came back to the tree and the tree has nothing else to give. “I am sorry, Boy, said the tree, but I have nothing left to give you, my apples are gone.“My teeth are too weak for apples,” said the boy.” , “My branches are gone, said the tree. You cannot swing on them I am too old to swing on branches, said the boy” , “My trunk is gone,” said the tree. you cannot climb I am to tired to climb, said the boy.”. these parts from the book are saying that the tree cant really give anything else to the boy, but the boy didnt come there to get something from it. “I don’t need very much now, said the boy, just a quiet place to sit and rest. i am very tired. 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…”. this is a really good part of the book. the boy is saying that he doesnt want anything, he just wants the tree.
this book is great for explaining that giving is better than receiving. it shows that the tree really cares for the boy. the tree is like an guardian angel to the boy. the tree will care for the boy when no one else is. if you dont learn how to not be greedy and live to give more, youre going to grow up expecting more and then one day when you dont get what you want, your gonna get upset/mad. the point of this book is to show how to give to others if the need it even if you dont end up getting something in return.