In a White Herron, Sarah Orne Jewett shows that animals deserve protection, even though humans think they have the right to control them. She uses the character named Sylvie and the setting of the forest. The hunter represents the grasp that science and mankind hold over nature. He casually says that he has previously “shot or snared a white Heron three of miles from here on Saturday” (Jewett. 10). The fact that he talks about killing such a rare bird so normally makes it very clear to the readers, that killing is normalized for him, or just apart of his job. However, to Sylvie, its really…