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Quotes From 'The Secret Garden'

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The Secret Garden Theme Essay “You brought us back to life Mary. You did something I thought no one could do. Don’t be afraid. I won’t shut it up again.” - said Lord Craven. This quote from The Secret Garden illustrates it’s theme perfectly, because The Secret Garden dabbles in several complex concepts such as Life and Death, Emotions, Magic, and Mystery. It explains that even in death, there is still life, and even where things seem dead they can still grow, as long as you can open your heart, and let go of your fear and inhibitions. This applies to not only Mary’s story but almost every character, Mrs. Medlock, Collin, and Lord Craven. All of the aforementioned characters start out cold, reserved, withered, but with friendship and time, …show more content…

Colin is an interesting character who starts off figuratively and literally closed away from the rest of the world, but with help from new friends and love he was able to grow. The first example of this is the symbol of something closed or covered used to represent Colin. This could be the painting he covered, or most importantly the windows he had boarded up. Colin’s windows were boarded up so they sunlight couldn’t come in, which represented his story arc perfectly. Colin wasn’t letting the literal or metaphorical sunlight into his life. However, the scene where his friends Mary and Dickon rip off the boards and let the sunlight shine into his room was also deeply symbolic. Showing that Colin could only let happiness into his life when he let friendship bloom. The next example is when Colin states “I shall live forever and ever and ever, I shall find out thousands and thousands of things. I shall find out about people and creatures and everything that grows, and I shall never stop making Magic.” This quote comes after the scene where Colin opens up his windows, and shows Colin is beginning to open up symbolically. He no longer wishes to stay boarded up in his room, alone, but he wants to explore the world with his friends. He was able to grow when he let friendship

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