The Giving Tree tries to convey more than the message of unselfishness. Some took the relationship between the boy and tree positive where the tree gives unconditional love to the boy and others see it as negative where the boy and the tree have an abusive relationship.Įven though the giving tree conveys the message of generosity but most scholars debate that it is more than that. The reason for the controversy was to understand the message it was conveying. The book has created a lot of controversies when it was published and described as “one of the most divisive books in children’s literature”. This book has been quite famous and become Silverstein’s best-known book and has been translated into multiple languages. The Giving Tree is an American children’s picture book by author Shel Silverstein published in 1964 by the publishing house Harper & Row. The Giving Tree poem by Shel Silverstein will make you think about life.
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