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The Giving Tree By Shel Silverstein Quotes

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In Shel Silverstein’s book, The Giving Tree, Silverstein represents selfishness through the character of the boy, while in Erin Morgenstern’s The Night Circus, Celia Bowen is the provider for Hector, at many points, literally bringing in money in to survive. In The Giving Tree, The boy is provided for in full by the tree and it’s giving quality, from when he was a little boy to an old man, representing the stereotypical relationship between a parent and their child. “And the boy loved the tree….” (13, Silverstein). This mirrors how much the tree was willing to give just to keep the boy satisfied, which is a stark contrast to how Hector constantly takes from Celia, even training her so she becomes what he wants her to be, “‘...when did [Celia]

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