I love you so much. For years I thought I was crazy because I always thought The Giving Tree was such a horrible book about a boy who never learned how to give back and a tree that had no sense of self. I understand the idea, that the tree was happy just because the boy was happy, but why did he never learn that it's not okay just to take without giving something back? It creeped me out and I'm glad that no one ever gave it to me as a sorority gift. (It was very popular in that realm.)
I never really thought much about gender in regards to the book, just because that wasn't the issue for me. My issue was always with the boy's selfishness and his lack of regard for the tree.
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I love you so much. For years I thought I was crazy because I always thought The Giving Tree was such a horrible book about a boy who never learned how to give back and a tree that had no sense of self. I understand the idea, that the tree was happy just because the boy was happy, but why did he never learn that it's not okay just to take without giving something back? It creeped me out and I'm glad that no one ever gave it to me as a sorority gift. (It was very popular in that realm.)
I never really thought much about gender in regards to the book, just because that wasn't the issue for me. My issue was always with the boy's selfishness and his lack of regard for the tree.