| @Sporcel: You gave me "0 points" for: say, "Thank you". Children and adults of all walks of life want to hear "the boy" say, "Thank you". Given that Shel Silverstein wrote for "Playboy", he was likely thinking about politicians & pastors who treat their playmates with more disdain than kindness&respect. So I can accept penalty points for turning "The Giving Tree" into a parable with a call to prayer. Yet, if the "giving tree" can love "the boy" and be happy, it can appreciate hearing, "Thank you". Comments about the boy's lack of gratitude include: "As Ben Jackson, a professor of Religious Studies at Stanford University put it: 'Is this a sad tale? Well, it is sad in the same way that life is depressing. We are all needy, and, if we are lucky and any good, we grow old using others and getting used up. Tears fall in our lives like leaves from a tree. Our finitude is not something to be regretted or despised, however; it is what makes giving (and receiving) possible. The more you blame the boy, the more you have to fault human existence. The more you blame the tree, the more you have to fault the very idea of parenting. Should the tree's giving be contingent on the boy's gratitude? If it were, if fathers and mothers waited on reciprocity before caring for their young, then we would all be doomed'"(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Giving_Tree). Generically, "the boy" could use a lift for his gratitude quotient. Therefore, would you please increase the score for my response "@brett" to "1 point"? |
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