Nature and Wild Life

The involvement of wild life through "A White Heron" is prolific. From the first sentence to the last Sarah Orne Jewett gives a beautiful image of the vast wild life and nature that you would find through Maine. The isolated setting gives you a feeling of loneliness and contemplation. The forest reminds me of the city that Sylvia came from because although it is not filled with people it is filled with complex organisms and animals that create their own city with trees as skyscrapers and swamps as streets. Sylvia is so infatuated with the nature that she is surrounded with that she is thrown off when she stumbles into the young hunter. Sylvia understands the beauty of the forest and the White Heron that when she found out the young hunter was going try to hunt one she was unsettled. This makes it well known how much Sylvia cares about the forest. She says she will always remember the small apple tree that stood in a pasture in the white hills. A small apple tree is nothing impressive however Sylvia is so developed in nature that she chooses to remember something that would have no significance to others. The nature imagery in this story really goes along with the White Heron. It gives a beautiful background to a beautiful bird. It creates layers of elegance that shines throughout the story.