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Thesis Statement: Sylvia’s nighttime quest is really a journey into herself. In Sara Orne Jewett’s ‘A White Heron’, we are introduced to a shy, withdrawn and lonely young girl, Sylvia. When Sylvia has a unlikely encounter with a handsome young hunter, shy finds herself torn between the longing for his affection, material ....

Part 2 of Essay
.... pranks as an intelligent attempt to play hide and seek, and as the child had no playmates she let herself to this amusement with a good deal of zest.” This quote lets us know several things. Sylvia does not have any playmates; in fact, we get the impression that her best friend is her grandmother’s cow. The story soon gives us another piece of vital information about Sylvia. “ “‘Afraid of folks,’” old Mrs. Tilley said to herself, with a smile, after she had made the unlikely choice of Sylvia from he ....