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This is one of my favorite children's book to this day. The Giving Tree, by Shel Silverstein, illustrates the selfless act of unconditional giving which developed into unconditional love between the tree and the boy. This story can be representative of the relationship between a mother and her child. This can be seen when the boy is constantly asking for materialistic things and the tree is sacrificing and putting her needs aside to help him, just like a mother would for her child. Furthermore, a mothers love does not require reciprocation to give unconditionally. Just like the tree displayed to the boy, she gives and gives and never asks for anything in return. However, this boy was banned in a Colorado library in 1988 because it was interpreted as being sexist. The book is said to give a bad message of parents because it undermines parental authority, the boy is going to a tree (which represents a person) to ask for help instead of asking his parents. Yet, I personally think this is a bit silly, and growing up and to this day I still read this a loving-heartwarming story.

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The story begins with a young boy visiting a tree everyday to play. He gathers the tree's leaves, climbs up and swings for her branches and eats her apples. The boy and the tree begin to do a series of activities together that include playing hide-and-seek and the boy falling asleep against her truck. The relationship between the tree and the boy is a very loving relationship, this makes the tree happy to see the boy so happy. As the boy grows older and gets into a romantic relationship, he stops spending so much time with the tree. Saying this, his priorities start to change, he doesn't want to play with the tree anymore, but he wants things she can't exactly provide. This can be seen when the boy wants money, so since the tree can't give him money itself, she allows him to pick her apples and sell them in the city to make money. When he does this, it makes the tree happy because he is receiving what he wants - money. Overtime, the boy doesn't bother to visit the tree until he wants something yet again, a house. So, the boy cuts off all the tree's branches and carries them away so he can build a house for his family and him, and the tree is still very happy. Yet, a very long period of time passes and the boy doesn't visit. When he finally he does, he is now an older man, and doesn't want to play like the tree suggests, instead he wants a boat so he can travel far away. So the tree allows him to cut down her trunk and make himself a boat. He does this and he sails away, but this time the tree isn't really all that happy. Finally, the boy returns as an elderly man and before he asks for anything else, the tree apologizes to him because she has nothing else to give. However, the boy doesn't want anything but a quiet place to sit down and rest. So the tree offers him her stump, and the boy sits down and rests with the tree. This makes the tree happy again. Concluding, that no matter what, there's always something that can be given to someone and that selfishness should never be a trait to carry in the way the boy did.

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There are two theme's throughout the story line of The Giving Tree. The first one is love, this can be seen when the tree gives everything she has to offer to the boy without expecting anything in return. The other theme would be dissatisfaction, this can be seen when the boy is never satisfied with what the tree is offering him and he's always asking for more from the tree.

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There are two characters in the book the tree and the boy. The tree is actually the main character in the book, she's very generous to a fault to the boy. The boy is the other character in the book. He is very unappreciated towards the tree even though the tree gives him everything he asks for. The boy is also very active and adventurous because he always likes to climb the tree and plays games with it.

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The Giving Tree - Animated Children's Book