The author of “A White Heron” uses anthropomorphization to show that domesticated animals can have positive relationships with people. The cow, Moolly, in the story is portrayed as quite intelligent and she goes out of her way to try and make the child happy. When Sylvia is in the forest, the narrator informs the reader, “Sometimes in pleasant weather, it was a consolation to look upon the cow's pranks as an intelligent attempt to play hide and seek, and as the child had no playmates she lent herself to this amusement with a good deal of zest.” (Jewett 2). This attempt to play a game with…