Symbolism In A White Heron
In the excerpt from “A white Heron”, a young girl named Sylvia is the main character, whose brain is narrating majority of the story. The character imbues many themes into the plot including youth, awe and most importantly, man versus nature. Sarah Orne Jewett describes nature with vivid imagery that reflects her colorful and bright imagination. Apart from the white Heron, the color gray is infused into the feathers of the bird as well as the eyes of the main character, which symbolizes the importance between these two characters. When Sylvia states that she knows the bird’s secret now, Sarah is foreshadowing that they will see each other again. Sylvia alights the tree gracefully ready to tell the stranger what she has found.