in the short story " the white heron" by sarah orne jewitt, the main character is a young girl named sylvia. being a girl from an impoverished family, sylvia is offered a larger amount of money to help a young man, whom is a sportsman, find the nest of the white heron. though sylvia is young, she knows the rarity of the white heron, and the importance of discovering the birds nest. after a few days of scouting out the home of the bird, sylvia remembers a large pine tree that she has seen a few times, and knows that if it is possible, by climbing the tree and making it to the top of the tree, she will have a greater outlook of the land and a better chance of discovering the birds home. after waiting for her grandmother, with whom sylvia resides, she takes off into the early morning in pursuit of climbing the tree. after making it to the top right when the sun is about to rise, sylvia waits. after the sun rises, sylvia sees the most beautiful thing she can ever recall seeing. she sees the sea to the east and woodlands and villages to the west, then finally discovers the secret home of the white heron. ending with sylvia returning, and never telling the sportsman where the bird lives, forever protecting the beauty she saw.
this short story in my opinion is very poetic and elegant. i really enjoyed the imagery that jewitt provided, it felt as if i saw whar sylvia saw, just by reading the text. if i really did see what sylvia saw, also having the opportunity to improve the financial instability my entire family was in; i still do not believe that i would have told the man either. even though i know the scenery took a huge part in her decision, and some might say that it was just a bird. considering the rarity of the bird, i would say that the white heron and the birds nest make up alot of the scenery as well.
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