Kong King answers “What is the overall message for this story??”

Albert Benjamin asked this question about The Giving Tree:

What is the overall message for this story??

Kong King This book is about a co-dependent tree that will sacrifice everything it has to make a non-reciprocating person happy. I'm not quite sure why so many …moreThis book is about a co-dependent tree that will sacrifice everything it has to make a non-reciprocating person happy. I'm not quite sure why so many people like it, it does not have educational value except to teach that a poisonous relationship is a lose-lose situation. (less)

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Maggie It was definitely not the ending I anticipated. He killed the tree that loved him, then sat on its corpse.
Jan 10, 2020 07:06AM · flag

Screamforme After reading it I had an impression that the book depicts the fact that when we grow older we loose our joy and happiness. I mean, we often can't fin ...more
May 19, 2022 06:40AM · flag

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