Amazon: 4.4
Goodreads: 4.38
The Giving Tree is a beautiful fable of a little boy’s relationship with a tree. The boy seems to symbolise the human race as a whole and the tree depicts nature or even mother Earth herself.
The tree gives and gives and gives. The boy takes and takes and takes. However, the tree finds happiness in giving, while the boy never does in taking. He keeps on wanting more and falls in the pit we humans have spent millennia in. His early innocence made him want to be one with nature and he was truly happy. However, as he grew up he lost in touch with it and became busy in the hub-bub of the materialistic world, never stopping to use the generosity of the tree, never stopping to wonder what he could give back.
It is a beautifully simple story, which highlights the complicated and melancholic relationship man has with the natural environment selflessly nourishing him throughout his life. Nature finds happiness in it but man remains drowning in his sorrows and in his need.
This book is a must read for all!
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