In the short story, “A White Heron,” Sarah Jewett tells a story about a poor, nature loving girl, who encounters a bird hunter on her nightly journey. Sylvia fell in love with the swamps of New England after being uprooted from the city to aid her grandmother on the farm. The nine-year-old girl helps out by roaming the pasture every night to find and bring home the dairy cow. Sylvia’s loyalty to nature is put to the test when a sportsman comes to stay at the farm for a few days, and she expected to help him find a rare bird for a couple of dollars. The author uses the theme, symbolism, and characters to develop a relatable story about loyalty, the meaning of life, and moral dilemmas. Jewett introduces a bird hunting character to test Sylvia’s