The Giving Tree Themes

You might think that with love as a theme, The Giving Tree would be a touchy-feely story full of kindness and generosity. If so, you'd be half right. There's definitely kindness and generosity to b...

There's a lot of dissatisfaction going around in The Giving Tree, although, much like the love, it's pretty one-sided. The boy starts out as a pretty happy kid as far as we can tell, but as he ages...

In The Giving Tree, the main character is, well, a tree. But Shel Silverstein decides to refer to the tree with feminine pronouns: she, her, hers. And that, dear Shmoopers, stirs up all kinds of is...