The secret garden
The secret garden was written by Frances Hondgson Burnett a claic novel of children’s literature.It’s really very claic and famous,and we can learn many things from it.
Mary is the leading character in the novel.She was born in a wealthy family ,but her parents didn’t care about her at all.So in order to get attention,she became spoiled and bad-tempered,she even didn’t know how to dre!Things began to change,because her parents died,then she was sent to her uncle’s home in England.At first,she was very disagreeable.People didn’t like her very much,which result in her loneline and boredom.Soon she found the secret garden.The arden was her died aunty’s favourite garden,but she died in it.As a result ,her uncle locked it and buried the key under the ground.Meanwhile she also found that her uncle had a son Collin,who had the same condition as she used to have.Collin also lived in an unhappy family:his mother died and his father didn’t care about him.He was vulnerable and always suffer from illne.All these make his character disagreeable and distorted.Then Mary showed up and brought light and hope to him,helping him defeat and recover from the illne.
In the novel,I like Mary most.She is kind,bright and warm.Her attitude towards life affected me.
“It’s Magic,”said Mary,“but not black ,it’s as white as snow.We all know it’s not magic ,but the power of hope and love.But here,we can see the hope and the warmth from her words.
I’d like to show a beautiful description of the garden.
“...At first it seemed that green things would never cease pushing their way through the earth,in the gra,in the beds ,even in the crack of the walls.Then the green things began to show buds and the buds began to come out…”
As we can find in the novel,after she find the garden,Mary changed from a lonely,disgreeable girl to a hopeful and bright girlSo was the garden.It changed from a wild muy garden into a lively and beautiful heaven.In the book,it’s Mary who found the beauty of the garden.While in the real life,maybe what Mary and Collin to us is what garden to Marry.If we pay more attention to these child,they don’t failed to satisfy you.and so is life.Maybe it’s tastele to you sometimes, but if you observe it,you can find the beauty.Just like a famous word saying:“Life doesn’t lack beauty,but lacks the eyes to find beauty.
In this novel,the secret garden is a transition part.From the garden,we can see many changes:the change of itself,the change of Mary and the change of Collin.All of these are due to the garden.In my opinion,the secret garden symbolized the dream and the
hope.Since Mary found the garden,which means she also found the dream and hope.Life is hopeful and full of beauty if we find and observe it.And if we dig deeper,we can get the theme of the novel:life itself is a magic,so the power to change everything is the love for the life,which is the original power of life.
One of my teacher once said something about the novel:“The whole world is a garden,as long as you try ,you can always find the wonderful beauty.”
I first read it when I was in high school.To me,it was just a short interesting story for a child to read at that time.But now,I know I was wrong.Although it’s a novel of children’s literature ,what it reflects is really very meaningful and deep.Now,we are no longer a child,however,it’s worthwhileto read it again to get some light on your mind and more important is to keep your dream,hope and love towards life.
