The Actual '73 Giving Tree Movie Spoken By Shel Silverstein
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Forever alone...
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@ShayKates My mom and step dad mentally and physically abused me. Im not being sarcastic or looking for sympathy. Just saying
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The tree is happy because it gives, but the boy is always sad because he just takes. Moral- "It's better to give than to receive"
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I remember seeing this when it originally aired and it always gives me a bit of melancholy while reinforcing some lessons about life.
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Why is this guy breathing so hard
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Which stage of life would you say you're in?
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everything we need is provided for us, there shouldnt be money, god gave us everything we need on this beautiful planet we call earth, why dont people just accept the fact of what is?
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Look you may think the kid is selfish and wrong but lets put it this way ;; The tree is our parents .. they give everything to us to make us happy they give up everything to see up smile ... same thing with the Tree . This Story is a Metaphor .
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@VickVinegar (and this is not about the tree's destruction, it's about willing self-sacrifice for the boy's benefit, rather like jesus', except this is nobler imo, because the tree isn't comforted/deluded by fables of eternal life)
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@VickVinegar (btw, i don't care about Mother Earth either. in my opinion, this is about parenthood.)
Did anyone else fucking hate the little boy when they read this as a child?
markjamesnelson 1 month ago 51
Some of my best friends have been trees...
dvbion 1 week ago 13