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Reply to ""The Giving Tree" book -- what am I supposed to make of this?"
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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Well, I have always thought of it as imparting a generally positive message, albeit one heavily freighted with a bias towards humankind's dominion over nature. What is vaguely sad is that, as we all know, as the innocence and wonder of childhood fades away, the mercantile, selfish needs of adults appear. But the tree, ultimately, seems ok with it, and happy in its freeness: I am spent and ruined, but please, avail yourself of my stump and rest, old timer--let us fade into our joint decrepitude. But the tree does not have any real power, other than the power to please. The meaning to a child, I don't know: friends to the end? I enjoyed the book during my childhood, and I see it often in TJ Maxx, deeply discounted. But I am not yet ready to introduce my 3 year old to it.[/quote] ^^ Meant "treeness."[/quote]
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