Essay about Comparing the Book and Movie Version of The Secret Garden

The Constant Gardener originated from the novel The Constant Gardener written by John le Carré in 2001, based on a real-life case in Kano, Nigeria, related to medical experimentation in the 1990s. Therefore, both the novel and the movie are mainly depicting such a careless, indiscrete medical experimentation, with a few changes such as a change of location and change of the medicine’s name. Taking off these superficial alterations, the difference between the real case and The Constant Gardener—including both novel and movie―is virtually none.

Sue Monk Kidd’s novel The Secret Life of Bees tells the story of a 14-year-old white girl, Lily Owens, whose life has been shaped around the blurred memory of her mother's death. Lily meets new people and they help her realize who she is and how the world is around her. Throughout the novel Kidd uses Lily’s various situations to express the theme. Kidd uses imagery, symbolism and similes to express the overall theme which is forgiveness and love.

The garden is the vehicle in which the narrator reveals her reluctance to leave behind the imaginary world of childhood and see the realities of the adult world. The evidence supporting this interpretation is the imagery of hiding. The narrator uses the garden to hide from reality and the

The book, The Secret Garden, by Frances Hodgson Burnett, is about a little girl named Mary who discovers a garden that had been kept a secret for a very long time. After Mary became an orphan, she was forced to move in with her uncle, Mr. Craven, who is a very busy businessman and lives in a very big house. At that time Mary was a depressed girl who disagreed with everybody and wanted to live in her own world. She, however, is a very curious girl who isn’t afraid of anything. When she hears crying noises coming from one of the rooms in the house, she follows the noise and she finds Collin Craven. Collin is Mary’s cousin who she didn’t know existed. Collin is very depressed because he is

In spite of the fact that The Secret River is a novel and One Night the Moon is a film, both Grenville and Perkins explore the meaning of land creating empathy for the traditional land owners and

The Secret Life of Bees is a novel written by Sue Monk Kidd. It is about a girl, named Lily, who goes to another town to seek answers about her mother. In the novel Lily starts maturing throughout the course of months. Lily has many mother figures who teach her different lessons. August teaches Lily that race doesn’t matter, June teaches Lily about love, and Rosaleen teaches Lily that the truth isn’t always good.

The garden was something she built with her own hands just like her home that she cherishes and accomplished something that only men were viewed in the society as being able to complete such a feat. Her building and taking care of the garden shows her passion and determination in life, as it is something she crafted and learned on her own with no ones

Many people say that you need to read the book before you watch movie based on the book because the movie is always different. The movie for The Secret Life of Bees is no exception to that rule. The Secret Life of Bees is about a 14-year-old, white girl, named Lily Owens, living in 1964. While Lily was just 4 years old, her mother, Deborah, died, and her only memory of her mom is hazy and unsure. In her memory, Deborah was packing a bag to leave her abusive husband T. Ray and take Lily with her. Before they could leave though, T. Ray tried to force her to stay, and she grabbed a gun. T. Ray knocked it out of her hand, so Lily wanted to hand it back to her. Then she accidentally shot her mother, and she died. In the summer of ‘64, Lily ran

"The Chrysanthemums" introduces us to Elisa Allen, a woman who knows she has a gift for growing things, but it seems to be limited to her garden. Diligently working in her garden, Elisa watches as men come and go, living their lives unconfined, wondering what it must feel like to have that freedom. That emotion is revealed as Elisa gases at her husband and acquaintances talking, "she looked down toward the men by the tractor shed now and then." As she tills the soil for her chrysanthemums Elisa tills the thoughts in her head. The garden she so desperately maintained represents her world. A world that will only flourish if nourished. Emotional nourishment and stimulation is what Elisa lacked and longed for. The garden is limited in space to grow and so is her marriage. The garden is safe, non-threatening and so is her world. The garden contains many different elements that make it what it is, although unseen, and if the proper nourishment is not given it will die, as with Elisa.

Sarah Addison Allen’s Garden Spells is a story of a small town with an enchanting dust of magic just below the surface. Reading Allens writting is as fufilling as the first sip of coffe in the morining, as unlaxing as a warm bath, and as comforting as crying to your mom after a particular nerving day.Garden spells some how kept me on the edge of my seat while putting me completley at ease all at the same time. A tale of a small town , overcoming the past, and two sisters finding their way back to each other, you won't be able to put the book down. This book taught me how to love and cherish every minute of my life but never settle for good enough. And of course that a touch magic is always just around the

The Cellar is a fictional book about this man named Colin, who kidnapped girls and killed them and made them live in the Cellar of his house. Colin loved flowers, and wanted a family so his named the girls he kidnapped, such as Lilly, the main character of the book, Rose, Violet, and Poppy. Lilly was the only girl kidnapped that was still a child and was not living on the streets. Colin, also wanted to be apart of this family so he also called himself, Clover. If or When the girls ever tried to escape he killed them, took their body and threw them in the river, then he went out and found another girl to call a flower. Eventually, Colin knew people were out looking for Lily, so he knew in order to keep the flowers as a family he had to kill everyone including himself. In the end, Colin, ended up killing Rose, and Poppy, but somehow Lily and Violet escaped with only cuts to their body. Colin later was taken to another unit and was put in a mental illness home.

Barbara knew that there was only one place Andy would go, and that was in the dark underbrush that grew by the side of the garden shed. For once, her thorns would come in handy, thought Barbara. With a renewed air of strength Barbara made her way towards the garden shed, worryingly noticing along the way that what was once a patch of browned earth near the pond had already grown and over taken more than half of the garden. As Barbara neared the shed, she overheard Andy’s sugary voice, and paused behind a dead dandelion to listen

Mary should have entered the secret garden for three reasons: it was exciting, entertaining, and neglected.

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 garden again. There’s more to the garden than just being hid away. The garden is a secret to some very important characters in this story, but why? Perhaps the overgrown secret may even have a secret of its own.

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 about how they all helped to make the garden look pleasurable. He also stated how he wants to make great scientific discoveries when he grows up.