1 On The Secret Garden
I. Introduction
The secret garden was written by France Hodgon Burnett, a famous novelist, fairytale writer and playwright in American during nineteen century and twenty century. The book was the most popular and successful works in her novels. It was published in 1911 and made in to a film for there times. This made us attracted by the writer. It told us a secret about the garden: Mary and Cerlin were exclusive and negative, but when they met Dickon a boy seemed magical they became respectful and positive, and enjoyed the secret in the garden. At last they had a fantasy ending that made us feel happy.
II. The Story
Mary was a girl who `was very not beautiful, but very selfish, disagreeable, bed tempered, and her parents never cared about her. She was alone after the terrible disease killed all the people in her family, then she was sent to an English family who had known her parents. There is no doubt that even though she did not miss her parents, she lived not very well. She treated others coldly, one day she was told to be sent to live with her uncle in Yorkshire, the north of the England. It ’s no wonder that she was bored and cross for she never care more about others except herself.
When she was arrived in north, Mr. Craven’s housekeeper took her to the house, from the housekeeper’s words Mary knew that her uncle lived in a big house, a long way from anywhere. There were nearly a hundred rooms but most of them were shut and locked. There were a big park round the house and all kinds of gardens, and her uncle lived unhappily even though he had been always rich for his wife dead from the falling branches. After that he never spent time on anyone. At the matter of fact, the girl didn’t care these either. So she treated the servant angrily, but the servant treated her friendly. She told Mary about the moor, and her family, especially her brother, which attracted the little girl. She went downstairs and wand through the great empty garden. Things changed from then.
She met Weatherstaff, the gardener, and the man told her that the robin wanted to be friends with her. This really excited the girl, and she never felt so happy. For this reason Mary spent almost all her time in the next few days in the garden, and she wondered more
2 about the secret garden. Leading by the robin finally she found the garden and saw the loveliest, the most exciting place she had ever seen. And at that moment she didn ’t feel lonely anymore. She can’t help gardening and she spent nearly a week working in the secret garden, which also made her fulfilled. Then she met Dickon, a boy who loved animal very much. They kept the secret together, and planed to work in the garden to make it beautiful.
From the beginning when she first came here, she heard crying and that happened again and again. One middle night she fellow the crying sound, up and down stairs, at last she found the right room and saw the boy named Colin, and she knew that the boy was Mr. Craven’s son, her brother, but he seemed ill and strange for his bad thought about himself. Whatever Mary liked the boy and she told him her life in India, and she also told him about the secret garden forgetting to careful, so they promised to keep these secret together. At first the boy was afraid that he will had a crooked back like his father and she was selfish asking Mary to him only and at the same time he was angry with Dickon , which also made the girl had no ideal, when she can’t bear the boy’s crying, she came to him to stop him. After looking at his back the angry little girl told him his back was straight, actually the boy believed her. He was no longer afraid. That is to see the Colin also changed from then.
As soon as the boy went to the garden, he loved there, and the thing around him made him feel he was different. Later they were noticed by the garden either, and his word irritated the boy. Then at the help of Dick ’s magic he can walk! After that time they always went there together, and all of them were healthier than before. While the secret garden was retuning to life, and Archibald Craven was wandering lonely around the most beautiful place in Europe. One day as he looked at a flower, he realized how beautiful something living could be. As the weekend passed, he even began to think a little about his son. When he came back and came to the secret garden, Cn run straight into the man’s arm just like a dream. There is no doubt that the garden flourishing and it was not a secret any more, and they lived a happy life.
III. My View on the Book
I feel happy when I reading the happy reading, this is what I longing to see. Think deeply from the regaining I learnt a lot. Firstly, treat others friendly no matter which position you are in, the kindly characters not only can give others a good impression, but
3 also make you feel happy about yourself. Do not be selfish and try to communicate with others well and think things stand no a supporter’s situation. In this way you will find others always care about you a lot and what you have done are worth. Secondly love the nature and make friends with animals. In the nature, the flowers, trees and any living creature will give you different sense. We are living in a busy society and the different kinds of pressure on our shoulders make us tired. At this time walk out to the nature, breathe the fresh air and talk to the animals, you will feel comfortable. Thirdly, be brave to break the routine and try to find new things. It is true that there will be nothing different if you always keep it. Do not be afraid of others horrible saying, and you will know nothing if you do not have a try. Sometimes if you walk even a step you will see different scenery, so be brave to walk ahead, and believe that the wonderful scenery is waiting for you.