One of the main elements in the story “A White Heron” is the duality of animal lovers and what it actually means to love animals. The message that the text conveys is that just because somebody says they love animals, that does not mean that they actually care about animal’s well-being. The ornithologist explained to Sylvia and her grandmother how his love for birds started at an early age and knew a great deal about them, as shown in this example from the text: “He told her many things about the birds and what they knew and where they lived and what they did with themselves.” (Jewett, 12)…