Answer: 
The birds:  They represent the respect that Sylvia has for nature, she knows its value is worth more than money.
 The white heron:. The damage that society was doing to nature.
<u>Man vs Nature</u>
 It can also symbolize many things, depending on what you think the theme of the story is
Explanation: 
In a literary piece, <u>a motif is a recurrent image, idea, or symbol that develops or explains a theme</u>, while a theme is a central idea or message.
The story is about <u>a young girl</u><u> </u>whose innocence is <u>exposed to temptation</u> from the outside world, when her developing interest in the opposite sex is used to seduce her into<u> betraying the natural world to which she belongs. </u>
 
        
             
        
        
        
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"To the barber! Belts and shoes in hand, I let myself be dragged off to the barbers . They took our hair off with clippers, and shaved off all the hair on our bodies."
        
             
        
        
        
I have never read "The Nun's Priest's Tale," but based on the excerpt, I would say the answer is C.
        
                    
             
        
        
        
A. The huge white van full of holiday packages for everyone came down the street, is the correct way to rewrite the following fragment.
As compared with other sentences, this sentence makes the appropriate use of preposition 'down' followed by the noun, which clarifies the sentence precisely.
In the other sentences B. The huge white van full of holiday packages for everyone rumbling and backfiring. C. The huge white van full of holiday packages for everyone on our whole block. D. The huge white van full of holiday packages for everyone in time for Christmas; does not frame the proper sentences as it joins the sentences abruptly without any direction specification.