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Book Summary: The Giving Tree
How would you feel if someone you loved was taking advantage of you? Would you feel sad? Would you feel angry? What if they were only coming back enough to keep you interested? In the book The Giving Tree, the boy was interested in the tree for a short while and then he started to grow up, causing him to leave the tree periodically. And every time the boy came back he would take something of the trees and use it for himself, but the tree loved the boy so much that it made the tree happy. Every time the boy would come back to the tree, the tree would be so happy to see him that she would shake and tremble, this is the periods of time the boy would come back to only use the tree for what she had. The boy kept using everything of the trees until …show more content…
The boy left the tree for a while and only came back because he needed something. The tree has not seen the boy for a while because he was busy growing up. The tree does not have the money, but has the apples to get the boy money to spend so he can have fun. “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.” Obviously the tree cares more about the boy than she does about herself, because she is willing to give this boy everything she has as long as he is happy. But the boy only came to the tree because he wanted money to spend so he can be happy. As you can see the boy is very self-centered and is only concerned about himself, he doesn’t even show any care for the tree because when she offers him things he just says okay and takes what was offered to him. As the boy keeps taking advantage of the tree, the tree starts running out of things to keep the boy coming back to see her. The tree keeps giving and giving to the boy, and the boy does not return the favor, instead he just keeps taking because he only ever thought of himself.
“I am sorry,” sighed the tree. “I wish that I could give you something…
But have nothing left.
I am just an old stump.
I am sorry…” “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 she could,
“well, an old stump is good for sitting and resting.
Come, Boy, sit
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