The end of the nineteenth century became a turning point in literature. Realism emerged as a new literary movement, where people did not romanticize stories but gave the raw truth and reality of life. The changing times/situations influenced many people who were realist writers, although some people still wrote romantic. Sarah Orne Jewett wrote during this time of new literary movements emerging and became a bridge writer between the romantic era and realist movement; her stories contain qualities from both movements. In "A White Heron", Jewett reflects the change from romanticism to realism through the characters Sylvia and the hunter Sylvia, the romantic character, represents a few main romantic themes: innocence and adolescence. Sylvia is