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Ondokuz Mayis University Department of Foreign ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE EDUCATION MASTER’S DEGREE IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHER EDUCATION TEACHING POETRY ASSOC. PROF. DR. ZERRIN EREN “THE GIVING TREE” BY SHEL SILVERSTEIN PRESENTED BY: MELEK NISA DALKILIÇ 19250194 2019-2020 SPRING Shel Silverstein Poet, Songwriter, Author, Illustrator (1930– 1999) Shel Silverstein was born on September 25, 1930, in Chicago. Silverstein studied music and established himself as a musician and composer, writing songs including “A Boy Named Sue,” popularized by Johnny Cash, and Loretta Lynn’s “One’s on the Way.” Silverstein also wrote children’s literature, including The Giving Tree and the poetry collection A Light in the Attic. He died in 1999. Shel Silverstein enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1950 and served in Korea and Japan, becoming a cartoonist for Stars & Stripes magazine. After his stint in the Army was up, he soon began drawing cartoons for magazines such as Look and Sports Illustrated, but it was his work for Playboy magazine that began garnering Silverstein national recognition. While at Playboy in the 1950s, Silverstein also began exploring other areas of creativity, including writing and music, and he contributed poems to the magazine. He also began publishing his own books of cartoons, beginning with Take Ten (1955) and Grab Your Socks (1956). Silverstein would go on to produce more than a dozen albums over the course of his diverse career. In 1963, Silverstein met Ursula Nordstrom, a book editor, and she convinced him to begin writing material for children, which he did on short notice. Uncle Shelby's Story of Lafcadio: The Lion Who Shot Back would be the first, appearing that same year. The next year, he wrote two: A Giraffe and a Half and The Giving Tree, the latter of which would go on to become Silverstein's most popular book. As the 1960s came to an end and the 1970s began, Silverstein ramped up his songwriting efforts, composing various songs. Shel Silverstein passed away on May 10, 1999, from a heart attack in Key West, Florida. Biography.com Editors. (2019,July 22). Retreived from https://www.biography.com/writer/shel-silverstein THE GIVING TREE & ITS’ ANALYSIS Once there was a tree.... The poem starts with ‘once…’ just like the stories. The reason is and she loved a little boy. that the poem is a narrative poetry. It is telling a story of a boy And everyday the boy would come and a tree throughout the poem. and he would gather her leaves The gender is explicitly depicted in the second verse. Even and make them into crowns though trees do not have gender, the poet explicitly gives it a and play king of the forest. female role. The giver role is appointed to the female while the He would climb up her trunk boy is the taker throughout the poem. This is a stereotype for the and swing from her branches females that they always give whatever they have selflessly. At and eat apples. this point, the poet also uses personification by assigning human And they would play hide-and-go-seek. qualities such as gender, emotions, talking and giving things for And when he was tired, the tree. he would sleep in her shade. And the boy loved the tree.... It is clear that the boy is little, at the age of play when his actions very much. are considered. The activities the boy did are the ones which And the tree was happy. children do at their play age. For instance, the boy visits the tree every day, he gathers her leaves, climbs up her trunk, swings from her branches, eats apples, plays hide and seek and sleeps in her shade. It is understood that the boy spends most of his time with the tree. Besides, both are happy and love each other very much. Especially the boy obviously shows his love in the first stanza. But time went by. By starting with ‘but’, the first three verses directs readers to a And the boy grew older. change of events. It is understood that, the boy will lose his And the tree was often alone. interest and love for the tree in time. When the poem goes on, Then one day the boy came to the tree the tree stands alone as the boy grows older. and the tree said, "Come, Boy, come When the boy comes, the tree reminds the old days as a refrain and and wants to spend time same as before because she still sees the climb up my trunk and swing from my boy as a little child. However, the boy and his needs have branches and eat apples and play in my changed. shade and be happy." "I am too big to climb and play" said Instead of playing and having fun with the tree, the boy needs the boy. money. The tree does not have money but offers him to collect "I want to buy things and have fun. her apples to sell and earn money. She gives from herself so as I want some money?" to meet the boy’s needs and wishes to make him happy. "I'm sorry," said the tree, "but I It is said that the tree is happy when she can help the boy and have no money. she is sad when the boy is not with her. I have only leaves and apples. Take my apples, Boy, and sell them in However, I think the situation is more than it looks like. She is the city. Then you will have money and happy so that she could provide the money the boy needs. She is you will be happy." sad because she gives from herself even though the boy did not And so the boy climbed up the care her for years. The tree inwardly feels that this is not what tree and gathered her apples she deserves. and carried them away. And the tree was happy. But the boy stayed away for a long time.... and the tree was sad. And then one day the boy came back The boy comes back again some time later and the tree feels so and the tree shook with joy happy to see the boy. She repeats the refrain by reminding the and she said, "Come, Boy, climb up my old days because the boy is still like a little child in her eyes. trunk However, those times passed for the boy and he puts himself in and swing from my branches and be a different place. He is a grown-up and wants to marry so his happy." wishes mount up in time. "I am too busy to climb trees," said the The boy does not hesitate to ask more from the tree. The tree boy. does not have what the boy asks. Her house is the nature. Here, "I want a house to keep me warm," he she shows her contentedness. said. "I want a wife and I want children, She offers the best she can do to provide him a house because and so I need a house. she feels that the boy will be happy when he has what he wants. Can you give me a house?" His happiness will also make the tree happy. " I have no house," said the tree. The boy does not think of the tree’s happiness while cutting off "The forest is my house, her branches. Though, the tree looks happy outwardly that she but you may cut off makes him happy. my branches and build a house. Then you will be happy." Although the boy took whatever he wanted to be happy, he did And so the boy cut off her branches not actually seem happy to get what he asked for. The only time and carried them away his happiness mentioned was his childhood times. Maybe, his to build his house. greedy behaviors lead unhappiness over time. And the tree was happy. But the boy stayed away for a long Just like before, the boy was not with the tree for a long time time. and he would come to ask for help most probably. The boy And when he came back, comes and goes whenever he wants and the tree becomes happy the tree was so happy with the boys’ arrival and the things he could give to him. she could hardly speak. The tree was so happy to see the boy that she hardly speaks. So, "Come, Boy," she whispered, it is clear that long time has passed and the tree grows very old "come and play." but even, she was so happy to see the boy. She repeats her "I am too old and sad to play," refrain by whispering and she cannot even finish it. said the boy. "I want a boat that will However, the boy does not realize her senility and wanted more take me far away from here. from her. He takes the attention to his sadness and agedness so Can you give me a boat?" he wanted more from the tree even though this is too much for "Cut down my trunk the tree. and make a boat," said the tree. The tree offers the last thing she could give for the boy, her "Then you can sail away... trunk. This will give an end to the tree for the sake of the boy’s and be happy." happiness. The boy does not hesitate and worry about her for a And so the boy cut down her trunk second and takes what he wanted again.
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