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Shel Silverstein's 'The Giving Tree: Deep Meaning'
The Giving Tree : Deep Meaning

Do you want something so so bad like a video game or new clothes? Even if you think you haven’t, you probably have. We always want the new thing as soon as it comes out. Sometimes our parents will say no and most will think they have terrible parents and they will feel like they never get what they want. Before you ask yourself what you don’t have ask yourself what you do have.In The Giving Tree, Shel Silverstein uses the character of the tree to represent one’s parents.
The first way I see the tree representing a parent is of how much it gives even when it almost has nothing to give.This happens all the time, not always to me but I see it a lot. Some kids at school always want to get what other kids think is
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