What makes the book very disturbing and moving at the same time is because it is unimposing-a plain title, very plain font, language usage and artwork that is reminiscent of a fourth grader who wants to impress his teacher in art class and yet delivers a message central to humanity’s nature of being selfish. The fact that the book has been translated into many languages has been reprinted countless of times has been a subject of controversy and debate, and considering it is just a children’s book, says so much about the book itself. How Effective are the Illustrations in Constructing Meaning in “The Giving Tree?” Style: The language, plot and art used by the author and illustrator is plain, direct and simple and yet the whole message of the book has such a tremendous impact since it manages to give a dramatic, emotive and sad mood in the end. Theme: The act of giving can only be really called the act of giving if it sincerely comes from the heart.ħ. Characters: The tree and the boy are the main charactersĦ. The book ends with the boy growing into an old man and still the tree offers itself to boy so that he can sit down and rest on it for a while.ĥ. However, the tree just keeps on altruistically loving the boy. The boy keeps on taking to the point that nothing is left from the tree except a stump since he has used her branches and trunk to create a house. As the boy grows older and his needs changes, the tree keeps on giving him what he needs and wants. Since childhood, the tree gives the boy all that he asks from apples to branches and such. Plot: A tree and a boy shares a loving relationship with the tree being very generous to the boy and the boy who just keeps on taking from the tree.
Setting: Forest or garden where the Giving Tree is locatedĤ. Genre of Shel Silverstein’s “The Giving Tree”: Children’s Literature – Fictionģ. Book Report on Shel Silverstein’s “The Giving Tree”ġ.
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