The passage adapted from "A White Heron" by Sarah Orne Jewett depicts the emotions and heroism of a young girl on an adventure. Youth, courage and accomplishment are all embodied in the girl who is finally able to complete the task of climbing the great pine tree. The adventure that little Sylvia partakes in is dramatized due to the use of imagery diction and point of view.
             The imagery allows the reader to indulge in Sylvia's adventure. The imagery throughout the excerpt depicts a feeling of comfort as Sylvia begins to climb the tree. The use of personification make the images more vivid and real. The comparison of the twigs on the old pine tree to talons, gives them human characteristics such as "catching" and "scratching". The image of a bird can be derived from the description of the tree and its "talons", giving the tree an aura of freedom and liberty for the girl. The tree takes on a mother like role when it is described as loving "his new dependent" creating the image of safety and nurturing towards Sylvia. Near the end of the passage the reoccurring bird imagery is present. Once the girl is mounted on the highest branches of the old oak tree she two hawks. These birds depict power and freedom because once they are seen by Sylvia, she "felt as if she too could go flying away among the clouds".
             The diction used throughout the passage evokes sympathy for the young girl who is attempting to scale the large pine tree. Her blood is "tingling" and "eager" with the anticipation of the challenging adventure that she is faced with, she is seen taking a "daring" step across the treetops and there is a sense of sympathy with the description of her "thin little fingers" trying to climb. Once she has reached the top of the tree, victory and accomplishment is felt by the words used when her feat is described as "wholly triumphant". Without the dra...