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Shel Silverstein was born on September 25, 1930. He was a cartoonist, guitarist and song writer as well as an author. Although he never planned on writing for children ("Shel Silverstein Teacher Resources file" 2) one of his most famous children's books is The Giving Tree. Silverstein says "It's just a relationship between two people, one gives and the other takes."(Lingerman, 1) But according to critics the tree and the boy in Shel Silverstein's The Giving Tree can represent different things. Some critics believe they can represent a mother's love and a child. Others say they can represent a selfless female and a selfish male. While others believe they can represent God and a person.

"The giving tree, identified as female, is an image of mother love. She loves the boy selflessly and unconditionally, because he is her own." (May, et. al., 12) Most critics would agree. Just like a mother would her son, the tree nurtures and takes care of the boy from when he is young and just......

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