A CRITICAL APPROACH BY THE THURSDAY THINKERS TO "THE GIVING TREE"

WE ARE LEARNING TO DISAGREE CHEERFULLY...

Today, we got together to exercise on agreeing and disagreeing... 

What could be a better book for controversy then "one of the most divisive books in children's literature"; THE GIVING TREE?

(Here is a link, if you too want to listen to the story of the Giving Tree)

After reading The Giving Tree, we discussed whether the relationship between the boy and the apple tree in the book was a positive one.

It is probably a good thing that our members don't believe in "selfless" love but they still have a really fair and kind perspective on friendship.  They were not very happy about the apple tree giving up even her own body just to give her friend what he wanted. However, they pretty much agreed that giving others made them feel good and they didn't even expect anything in return. 

Isn't this thought alone worth celebrating??  

And so we did...

HASTA LA VISTA...