he talked about his bird collection and that he was out there to get a white heron. The man asked if Sylvia had seen a white heron, but she did not reply. The man said that he would pay ten dollars to anyone who could show him the location of the white heron’s nest. Sylvia thought of all the treasures that she could buy with that wealth. This paragraph contains the third step in the cycle because of the range of emotions that she experienced and the choices she made. The third step is all about experiences, trial an error and temptations. Sylvia was no longer thinking/acting with a good heart; she had been taken control of by greed. The next day the man goes out in search for the white heron and Sylvia accompanied him. While they were looking for the heron the man gives Sylvia a jack-knife. Sylvia starts to like the man because he is kind and sympathetic. Sylvia could not understand why he killed the birds that he liked so much. Sylvia has now started to develop certain feelings for the man. The man stayed the night again at the house and all that Sylvia could think about was climbing the pine tree to find the white heron so she could gain the man’s approval of her. This paragraph is the fourth step in the cycle because of the internal emotions that she had created. The fourth step is death, psychologically or internally (what you believed about your standards). The author has Sylvia develop feeling for the man and unknowingly starts to give up her identity/goals in life for the man. The author has the child wanting to find the bird so that she can gain the man’s approval. The next morning Sylvia climbs an oak tree to get to the lower branches on the pine tree. Then Sylvia climbs to the top of the pine tree to find the white heron. While Sylvia was at the top of the pine tree see felt at one with nature. Once the sun rose she saw the white heron get up from his nest and fly to a tree near her. She got to share a mome...
