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10.1 Discussion Post The Giving Tree

10.1 Discussion Post The Giving Tree

Q Please answer in 250-300 words: • Is this a good outcome for the tree? Why or why not? • Is sacrificing her trunk a sign that the tree is especially good or a sign that the tree lacks sufficient concern for herself? • Is this a good outcome for the boy? • Would it be wrong for the tree to provide gifts to the boy without considering whether those gifts are • good for the boy?

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I think that this is not a good outcome for the tree. This is because the tree had shown extreme levels of selflessness to give away every part of the tree to the boy. The boy kept taking from the tree and not giving his time to the tree as the boy had kept growing. I think that sacrificing her trunk is a sign that the tree is especially good. This is because the tree had shown signs of selflessness and there had not been any signs of selfishness shown by the tree. This implies that the boy should have learned to be selfless like the tree and not selfish as he had grown up.