1、A White Heron: Flying Independent Soul of little Sylvia,the main internal conflict,within Sylvias heart-whether or not to show the young man where the bird is The external conflict industry city-nature another conflict-mens will and womens will-womens self awareness awaking,Plot,It is a story of a y

2、oung city girl named Sylvia, who came to live with her grandmother in the country. She meets a young ornithologist hunter seeking to find a rare bird he has heard has been spotted in the area. As the story progresses Sylvia is challenged with whether or not she should tell the hunter she saw the bir

3、d.,anti industrialism-Keep the innocence of nature,for the describtion of the country objects- “white” heron, the cows “white” milk, and Sylvias pale “white” skin. it indicates the innocence of the nature,Sylvia,her name is a clue to understand the meaning of the story sylvia means woods or forests

4、-Pennsylvania which has many forests percentage of forest cover 58 sylvania- a north west town in Ohio-means the city of woods,Sylvia is a part of the woods- nature,who had tried to grow for eight years in a crowded manufacturing town, but, as for Sylvia herself, it seemed as if she never had been a

5、live at all before she came to live at the farm,young man,hunter symbolizes the intrusion (闖入)of civilization and technology. hunter is an intruder of nature and Sylvias peaceful life. Sarah calls him as an ornithologist, which means he also represent science. The young man hunted and stuffed the bird means science conflict with nature, yet he can use another way to admire the birds instead of killing them.,womens self awareness awaking,the whole forests-womens body many comparison in literature mother nature the young man-t