The Secret Garden

Within Frances Hodgson Burnetts ‘The Secret Garden’ nurture is explored through the young protagonist, Mary Lennox, and the image of the garden itself. Through the image of the garden, nurture can be seen through its growth as well as its symbolism of motherhood. Although, the more obvious portrayal of how significant nurture is can be seen through the attitude of the protagonist and her journey from India to Yorkshire, and the events that unfold. Throughout this essay I will explore the results

the way to opportunity. Everything in the world has a ‘key’, both literally and figuratively. As Mary Lennox said, “I found the key! It's like magic!” But not only did she find the key to the secret garden, she found the key to end her feelings of abandonment, loss, and neglect. The theme of The Secret Garden is isolation and abandonment. Even before Mary Lennox even arrives at her new home, she finds herself resenting it. But what else could she do? The young girl had never experienced love or excitement

intersections of culture, literature, and ecology. It also seeks to infer the relationships among nature, the natural processes themselves, and human conception of "the natural world"”. This paper will regard Frances Hodgson Burnett’s novel The Secret Garden as an ecocritical

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett The book, The Secret Garden, by Frances Hodgson Burnett, is about a little girl named Mary who discovers a garden that had been kept a secret for a very long time. After Mary became an orphan, she was forced to move in with her uncle, Mr. Craven, who is a very busy businessman and lives in a very big house. At that time Mary was a depressed girl who disagreed with everybody and wanted to live in her own world. She, however, is a very curious girl

For Mary, the secret garden was that place. The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett has the theme of belonging. This essay will be covering how Mary, Colin, Mrs. Medlock, and Lord Craven all applied to the theme in their own way whether it be for better or for worse. Also, what scenes and symbols were useful and played an important role to the theme of belonging. First off, Mary shows how this theme applies to her in many ways, but the scene when Mary first discovers the garden really stands

“He’s decided to make friends with you. “I’ve never had any friends.” “Show me, show me the way in.”In The Secret Garden, written by Frances Hodgson Burnett, I believe the theme of the story is belonging and happiness. Mary, Colin, Medlock, and Lord Craven all have that in common. They all want to be a part of something and be a part of someone's life and the be able to be there for other people and to take care of them. They all have a weakness they need to overcome in order to really feel the belonging

I feel represent the theme of Happiness in The Secret Garden, by Frances Hodgson Burnett. Happiness is expressed in a number of ways, many of which the characters do not know about. I chose to focus on this theme because I felt it was the most prominent and important in the story, and that the characters go through a great deal of development while experiencing it. Chapter One: There is No One Else “Mistress Mary, quite contrary, how does your garden grow? With silver bells and cockle shells, and

For this assignment, I decided to read and review The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett. The author’s main objective in the book was to tell the story of a young girl and show us her progress through her behavior and emotions. Throughout the book, we see how the child has transformed due to certain circumstances in her life which makes it a very calm story. Because of the calmness, you could suppose that the book is guided more towards older people or older children but the story is suitable

offers the reader no time restriction, the story unfolds before the reader’s eyes without leaving anything unsaid, and most importantly, it opens countless doors for the reader’s imagination and interpretations. The book, The Secret

The Secret Garden: Book vs. Movie The Secret Garden is a film based on Frances Hodgson Burnett's classic children's book bearing the same title. This movie is about a young girl who is literally shipped off to her uncle's English castle after her parents are killed in an earthquake. The main character, Mary, is played by Kate Maberly. She is tossed into a world where sunlight and cheerful discourse seem as rare as the attention she receives from the sour-pussed housekeeper Medlock, played by