“The Secret Garden" by Frances Hodesin Burnett is a classic fiction story set in Yorshire, England.
This is a novel set in England in 1911. The Secret Garden is a popularchildrens' book.
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Mary becomes rude, but the narrator makes it sound like it is so awful because of her circumstances.
Father - Colin Cravin
Mother-Lilas Cravin. Had a twin sister. Died 10 years before the novel was outset.
Maryis neglected by wealthy parents. She later develops affectionfor the maidservant, Martha Sowerby.
Then her mother refuses to see her, leaving Mary to the care of Indian servants, who do not care for her. The servants, however must obey her. Then Mary's play-gardening gives her pleasure.
Mary Lennox was described as difficult and selfish. Her mother was diasappointed by her ugliness and sickliness.
As in future no one would understand from where she is writing, she wrote briefly about her
Writing The Secret Garden helped her to deal with the death of her son. The Secret Garden's charcter Mary Lennox early childhood was similar to her. Magical thinking helped with dealing with difficult times.
Mary finds a key to enter into the garden and magic helps her to form into positive changes for herslef. She learns about trust, friendship, and she becomes a more lively person.
Mary had a hard time dealing with her parents and then the servants. As Mary becomes older the garden transforms her into a whole, kind person, and is ready to move forward into adulthood.
The character Mary Lennox belives that she hates all people, so she only thinks of herself. She spends much time sitting by herself.
Frances Hodgson Burnett was a British-American novelist and playwright. Born November 24th, 1849. Died October 29th, 1924.
She was a German born Jewish girl who wrote while in hiding family and 4 friends in Amsterdam during German occupation of Netherlands in WW2.
Her family moved to Amsterdam after the Nazis gained power in Germany but were trapped when the Nazi occupation extended into the Netherlands.
As persecutions against the Jweish populations increased, the family went into hiding in July 1942 in hidden rooms in her father Otto Franks office building. After 2 years hiding, the group was transported to the concentration camp system where Anne died of typhus in Bergen-Belsen.
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