The Giving Tree

Through out the book I could see my little self in the boy. Only asking for more and more and more of someone who would never ask for anything in return. I can't help but empathise with both, the tree and the boy.
It's clear as day that the boy is being selfish and returning to the tree to serve his personal agenda. However, what's making the boy come back to gets over looked. This is how regular people operate even in this day and age. We all are a slave to roti, kapra and Makaan.