Catharine
Mr. Salsich
24, February 2009
Theme
A paragraph about the themes in A white Heron


(OS) In the short story, A white Heron by Sarah Orne Jewett, some of the words can explain the theme. (TS) In this story, I found the words pointing the theme out. (SD) In this sentence,” Until her childish patience was quiet spent.” (CM) I noticed how one word explained the theme. (CM) The word quiet, really stood out to me, because when Sylvia is in the woods it always seemed quite, so on the other hand the author could be pointing something out. (SD) A lot of the words in this story could tie into the theme, especially peaceful; this word could tie into the tone, as well as the theme itself. (CM) When she is in the woods it is quiet, but also peaceful. (CM) One of the big points that Sarah could be pointing out could be how peaceful the birds are or, how peaceful you can be when you are in the woods. (SD) One word that I noticed, that you probably wouldn’t think about with this story and the theme, is friendliness. (CM) Friendliness could be a theme to this story, because the woods are a type of friend to her. (CM) A friend is someone that comforts you, and is always there for you, and in the story that is what the woods are is to Sylvia. (CS) Thinking about the theme in this story is a very hard thing, because you could take any word from the story and it could relate to the theme.