Jewett

                I liked that there was so much more to the characters in this story compared to “The New England Nun.”  “A White Heron” I loved the little girl, Sylvia. She was the typical little girl that loves animals. I also liked the depth of the grandmother and the hunter.

                Sylvia being from the “town” now in the country where she can roam around of course loves it. She never wants to leave it, and even enjoys the game of “hide and seek” that she plays with the cow. When the hunter shows up it become obvious that she had been abused by a man while she lived in town, which the author does explain about boy that would chase her.  I liked how later on she gets a childhood crush on the hunter.  Also, it would have to be a little girl as the main character in this story because I could see anyone else going to the lengths that he little girl did to find the white heron but then not telling the hunter.

                The grandmother at first seemed like she wouldn’t have that much of a personality until she started to tell the hunter about her children and how she has buried most of them. She really seemed like a sad woman and mostly has Sylvia there for companion ship more than anything. She doesn’t seem like she needs Sylvia there to do the work for her.

                Then there is this hunter, he talks about how he has all these birds at home stuffed in his collection but there he is without anything. He is staying with them; he doesn’t seem to have any money or food with him, just his gun. This doesn’t seem realistic. If he could afford to have these birds stuffed and hunt so much what kind of job does he have and back then who received vacation time? He seems like a questionable character but he does have some depth. He loves to hunt and seems well mannered he said that the meal the grandmother prepared was the best he had in a month. It makes me think that he was lying about having all those animals stuffed at home but maybe he was trying to get it for a rich man that wanted one stuffed.

                Even with the inconstancies of the hunter it liked the story.