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    the movie she started to hear Colin’s weeping. In the book it wasn’t until near the middle of it that we hear the author even mention the weeping. They did keep, however, the way Mary and Colin meet the same, and how the staff tried to keep him a secret. That’s for a different report though. In my opinion, this did add to the suspense in the story, but I’m torn between if this was a good change or a bad one. Ehhh, I guess it doesn’t matter too much anyway. Back on track, another thing I found interesting

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    How many people in our world believe the best girl in society is the girl who is confident, flaunts her body, does what she wants and doesn 't care what others think about her? She can ‘get any guy she wants’ and every likes her? Sadly, this how many people think the girls in society should act. In reality, the best woman is the one who protects and honors her body and who is selfless, giving love to those around her. She respects her own, as well as others, human dignity and cares for all people

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    The Secret Garden Theme “My parents always thought about themselves, never about me.” This is a quote from Mary Lennox, who is the protagonist of The Secret Garden. This quote was one of the things that led to the main conflict of the movie. Mary’s parents die in India, and her parents never really paid any attention to her. She came out to be an emotionless girl. After her parents died she was sent to England, where she found that her family in England had no love, just like her. Mary soon starts

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    The evolution of style in these book differ, but not as much as one would think. The Secret Garden is definitely more formal and has terms that would be said in the 1910s. It also seems to consider girls as incapable of doing certain things just because they’re girls. It's certainly not as plot twisting as The Raven King and is a very slow book to read. The Raven King is a very modern book that has interesting things happen and with phrases heard in today’s age for example foul language. There is

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    The Secret Garden is a production about a little girl named Mary whose parents died in colonial India. She is sent to live with her elusive uncle and his brother in England. While there she makes new friends and finds out that she has a cousin (Colin) who is kept isolated from the world for his “protection”. She also finds out that her uncle is grieving over his wife (her aunt) that died several years prior to Mary’s arrival. During Mary’s time at her uncle’s home she finds out that her aunt had

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    even know what it would be like to even be loved. Mary came from India and was neglected by her parents', which turned her heart cold and made her shut others out. When Mary's parents died, she had to be shipped off to England. The movie “The Secret Garden” by Frances Hodgson Burnett has many twists and turns, but it all came together in one theme. The theme of this story is about selflessness and to learn to let others into your heart. Mary Lennox, Colin Craven, Lord Craven, and Mrs. Melock are

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    outcome is pretty interesting. Whenever and wherever daring actions are taken, one changes for the good by becoming selfless and growing to be independent. Making brave decisions changes a being by becoming selfless. To begin with, Mary from The Secret Garden is an excellent example of one who became selfless by taking courageous actions. At the start of the story, Mary was a very spoiled and selfish girl expecting the world

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    The Secret River

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    “They’re not like us. They keep moving. They don’t dig down into a place. They just move across it. Put up a decent fence and they’ll get the idea.” – William Thornhill The Secret River, originally a novel by Kate Grenville, has been adapted into a play by Andrew Bovell, a Caucasian Australian author, which was published in 2013. The story consists of an English settler who is transported to New South Wales in 1806. After he earns his freedom, his family travel to Hawkesbury to live on 100 acres

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    The documentary Grey Gardens, is about a mother and daughter both named Edith Beale, who live in poverty in the Grey Gardens located in New York. The documentary presents the Beales’ daily routines, illustrating the decaying mansion, hardship, and depressing reality the Beales’ live in. Furthermore, the story unfolds through the constant arguing between both big Edie and little Edie as they secretly reveal their true selves, own stories, struggles, and thoughts about the past and present. The film

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    Wesley "Wes" Earl Craven, the notable American film director, writer, producer, and actor, who was best known for his contributions to the horror genre, more particularly with colorful slasher films died at his home on August 30, 2015 in Los Angeles, California after a long-standing battle with brain cancer. Mr. Craven was born in Cleveland, Ohio on August 2, 1939, and grew up in a strictly religious Baptist family. Craven stated of his upbringing in 1984, ”As fundamentalist Baptists, we were

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