Critical analysis of Sarah Orne Jewett's short story "A White Heron"Set in an isolated part of Maine, Sarah Orne Jewett's short story "A Heron White" revolves around a conflict, a difficult choice that a nine-year-old child must make that will cause her to lose a new friend. It is the story of a lonely nine-year-old girl named Sylvia who lives in the woods of Maine with her grandmother, Mrs. As the story progresses, Sylvia meets a young and attractive ornithologist, often nicknamed "The Hunter", who is searching for a rare bird he spotted in the area. The hunter relied on Sylvia to let him know the location of the bird; later, Sylvia had to choose between revealing the location of the white heron to the hunter and protecting the bird. , the hunter left disappointed and Sylvia lost her first human friend Jewett develops his style using point of view, symbolism. , and the tone to show that to satisfy the call of nature, one must be part of it. Considering all the methodical aspects of the story of a nine-year-old girl who must choose between protecting a white heron and losing a new friend, the point of view of the story was most ambiguous for critics. “A White Heron” is told from a third-person omniscient point of view. The narrator moves from the past to the present three times in the story. One of the times the narrator used the present tense was when Sylvia first heard the hunter approaching in the woods, "this little girl of the woods is stricken with horror" (Jewett 5). The narrator seems to be more interested in Sylvia's thoughts. and their feelings than those of the other characters, because nothing else is shown about the thoughts and feelings of the other characters apart from what they demonstrate through their words and actions. At that time... middle of paper...... Wett uses various. tones in the development of “A White Heron.” In the first two paragraphs of "A White Heron", the narrator creates a joyful and adventurous tone, Jewett deliberately downplayed the difficulty of the journey and presented Sylvia's curiosity and her first call to nature: "Sylvia began with the greater bravery in climbing the summit; it." (Jewett 779) By using an anxious tone in the story, Sylvia portrays to readers the idea of ​​a raging conflict between Sylvia and nature. "The path was harder than she thought; I grabbed her, held her, and clawed her like angry claws…” (Jewett 779) The simile “like angry claws” adds to the tension of tone Through the diction, Jewett displays an anxious tone shift. to triumphant and peaceful to emphasize the importance of becoming one with nature to answer its call..