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Secret Garden essay short sequel, by Bailey Keene Master Colin sat on a grassy spot on the lawn with Mr. Craven and asked the cook for some food to have a picnic. After the cook gave Master Colin his food he was ordered to leave so Master Colin and Mr. Craven could be alone. Master Colin spoke to Mr. Craven about magic and how it is in the garden making things grow, and how it is inside everyone making them healthy and strong. He talked about Mary and Dickson and all his creatures he also talked

The Secret Garden A garden that holds your secrets, that is a secret itself, holds a special spot in the book “The Secret Garden”. The garden is described as an overgrown hidden beauty that has not been seen for ten years. The woman who created the garden passed away because of an accident; in turn, her husband becomes bitter and wrathful. The door which led to the garden was locked and the key was buried while the orders were given for no one to enter the

Keys can be a dangerous thing to have in possession. They can unlock doors that may remind people of darker times, or they could open 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

“You brought us back to life. You did something I thought no one could do. Don’t be afraid. I won’t shut it up again.” This was a quote from a scene at the end of the movie The Secret Garden. During this scene, Lord Craven was referring to the garden that was shut up and hidden until Mary came in and brought it back to life. Symbolically, he was referring to emotions being shut up. This quote hints the theme of The Secret Garden, which is that inside the darkness, there is light. You just have

“I was angry. I never cried. I didn’t know how to cry.” This quote was said by Mary Lennox, in the movie The Secret Garden, based on the book, wrote by Frances Hodgson Burnett. Mary is an orphan, brought into her uncle, Lord Craven’s, house, Misselthwaite Manor. Her uncle took her in after a terrible earthquake in India, that sadly took the lives of her parents. Mary never really had any friends and was always alone, her parents were not very caring nor affectionate to her, and never really paid

The Hidden Life of Dogs is about how dogs have feelings like us, they rank themselves, and they want to be together. Dogs really do have feelings. A dog named Violet missed her “boyfriend” Bingo when he went to get surgery. Violet decided to hide, “At bedtime she wouldn't come to bed but spent all night alone in the dark hall by the door, waiting for Bingo.” (Thomas 107). Violet does this because she cares about Bingo. Dogs rank themselves. They follow true rankings where we humans don’t tend to

Mrs. Medlock, Colin Craven, and Lord Craven, but within not only the Garden’s features, but also within their own. Consumed with a strong feeling of rejection, Mary Lennox has slowly began to live her life to just make it through the motions. She is quite forward with this. Mary proclaims, “I was angry. I never

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

“The spell was broken. My uncle learned to laugh and I learned to cry. The secret garden is always open now. If you look the right way, you can see the whole world is a garden.” This quote from The Secret Garden proves the theme “there is always hope” to be true. In The Secret Garden, Mary, Collin, Lord Craven and Mrs. Medlock all seem to be in a difficult time, but they learn in the end that there is hope. “It was lonely in India, and my parents didn’t want me.” claims Mary as she reflects on

“The secret garden bloomed and bloomed and every morning revealed new miracles.” This is a quote said in the movie, the Secret Garden. In the movie, the Secret Garden, based on the book by Frances Hodgson Burnett, the theme is trying to show you that you have to learn to open your heart and trust again even after you lose something or someone very close to you, this is shown in all four of the dynamic characters, Mary, Colin, Lord Craven, and Medlock. “She’s so sour; I heard she never cried when