"The White Heron" is the story of a Sylvia, a young girl living in the backwoods of the Northeast. After having moved from a manufacturing town to her grandmother's farm, Sylvia has found a refuge in nature. She and an orinthologist cross paths one day, and the young man offers Sylvia ten dollars to help him find the nest of the white heron. Ten dollars is a lot of money for Sylvia and her grandmother, but the young man wants the heron in order to kill it for his studies. One morning, Sylvia finds the nest aftering venturing out alone. She ultimately decides to keep the location a secret, at the cost of losing the young man from her life.
This is a romantic story in both subject matter and characterization. A remote location and nature were often the setting for romantic stories. Romanticism also stressed emotion over reason, as well as individual control, and both are apparent in Sylvia's final decision to keep her secret.
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