Sarah jewett suggested when she writes about sylvia's attraction to the hunter that sylvia is experiencing falling in love.
A white heron is a story written by Sarah Orne Jewett, Sylvia is one of the character of this story. She came to live with her grandmother. One day she meets the hunter who was looking for a bird.
Since they were in the middle of a war and everything was chaotic, the characters attached to their mom and didn't want to lose her. Lives were being destroyed at the time so Zlata didn't want to lose her mom because of that.
If this is a true/false question, I'd say true
I think that is a good way to start