[transcribed 2021-06-02]

**Analyze the setting in *A White Heron,* describing how it affects the plot.
What images are revealed? How is Sylvia’s relationship with nature developed?**

Sylvia relates to nature well, as seen in the story at various points (mostly
in the beginning of the text). Statements such as “the air was soft and sweet”
help describe the scene, and it’s clear enough already that Sylvia quite likes
the area – “it was her greatest pleasure to hide herself away among the
huckleberry bushes.”

Sylvia isn’t afraid of the place she’s in — “letting her bare feet cool
themselves in the shoal water [..] (she) listened to the thrushes with a heart
that beat fast with pleasure” — she’s comfortable! As she hears forest animals
talking among themselves, she “felt sleepy as she walked along.”

Later in the first section of the story, Sylvia’s grandmother tells some tales
about her children and grandchildren, particularly Sylvia herself, who had
moved in with her grandmother just a year ago. Descriptions such as “Squer'ls
she'll tame to come an' feed right out o' her hands, and all sorts o' birds.”
and “I believe she'd 'a' scanted herself of her own meals to have plenty to
throw out amongst 'em, if I hadn't kep' watch.” continue to make Sylvia’s good
relationship with nature and its inhabitants obvious.