Selflessness In The Secret Garden

The novel, The Glass Castle, exhibits the human tendency to be selfish. This is manifested in both Rex and Rose Mary. Rex is characterized as a selfish father throughout the novel, and his paternal image is consistently skewed because of his actions. His addiction to alcohol ruins countless family events. One year the family’s Christmas is ruined when Rex drinks a great deal of alcohol and burns their tree and presents. Jeanette remembers, “Dad sat on the sofa [...] telling mom he was doing her a favor [...] no one tried to wring dad’s neck [...] or even point out that he’d ruined the Christmas his family has spent weeks planning” (115). Jeanette and her family are always left cleaning up their father’s drunken mess. Even when Rex is sober he does not apologize for ruining sentimental family events and continues to put alcohol before his family. Selfishness can also be seen in Rex’s relationship with money. He takes Jeanette into a bar in order to get money from his friend, Robbie. When Robbie asks if he can take Jeanette upstairs, Jeanette recollects, “So, with Dad’s blessing, I went upstairs” (212). Rex is so self-absorbed that he allows his daughter to go into a strange man's apartment, fully knowing his intentions. During Jeanette and her siblings’ childhood, they experience dangerous situations with their parents’ knowledge and approval. While Rex’s selfish nature is typically derived from his addiction, Rose Mary’s selfishness is simply a reflection of her personality.

Component 2: drama responding required to choose a video clip and discuss the three dramatic elements that appeared in that video. Dramatic elements are the techniques to design the dramatic presentation, atmosphere, verbal or non-verbal interactions, mood and emotion to grab the attention of audiences (Dinham, 2017; ACARA, 2017). I have selected to view the video clip "The Secret Garden: There's someone crying" (Movieclips, 2012). After observing, analysing and evaluating the video clip critically, I have decided to explore the characters, voice and movement.

This shows Mallon’s ignorance and tolerance to help. Mary Mallon seemed to not care whatsoever about the people she hurt which is insane today. In this was Mary relates to a heartless villain of society because she seems to have no sympathy for others.

Mary and Karl’s contrasting interactions with the tree encapsulate their differing personalities. This makes Karl a blossoming flower in comparison to

Mary Hutchinson was by far the most glorious and loving person through-out the novel, caring, passionate, and loved by all that knew her. She was a young seamstress who lived a simple life making an honest living and was very close to her loving family. She had been pursued by her co-worker the young Jack Wilson who fall in love with her (or so she thought), but it was normal for people to be attracted to her beautiful nature. After years of courting they had finally gotten married and had children of their own although the second would not be born until the “father” I say vaguely had left the country. This once highly sought after woman would now be left to care for two young children while her husband moved countries to find work (not to mention flee

The Black Mary made Lily think about her life and what could be done to make it better. It made Lily think about the positives and negatives, and that she now had people to relate and connect to.

Mary Hutchinson was by far the most glorious and loving person through-out the novel, and loved by all that knew her, “We all loved one another but somehow every one of us had a special work with Polly. She was so bright and cheery and brave” (Pg.7). She was a young seamstress who lived a simple life, making an honest living and was very close to her loving family. She had been pursued by her co-worker the young Jack Wilson, who fall in love with her (or so she thought), but it was normal for people to be attracted to her beautiful nature. After years of courting they had finally gotten married and had children of their own, although the second would not be born until the “father” I say vaguely had left the country. This once highly sought after woman would now be left to care for two young children while her husband moved countries to find work (not to mention flee embarrassment). This was the moment that would change her life for the worst, only she hadn’t known it yet.

When Mary Anne arrives she is a happy, pretty, innocent young lady and she is very well liked by many. After a couple of days of being at camp Mary Anne starts participating more in the war and begins to distance herself from Mark. Mary Anne was too drawn into the war life “A haunted look, Rat said- partly terror, partly rapture. It was as if she

play in Lily’s life because every time she sees the black Mary it is a symbol for strength and gives

This displays that her being ostracized has forced her to change her views on society and realize not everyone is as nice as they appear. Later on in Mary’s life, her aunt says to Dunny: “Now she remembers so little, and it’s better so, because when she does remember she thinks of Paul” (Davies, 129). This proves that she has continuously been ignoring and forgetting about society for a couple of years. She has isolated herself to avoid conflict and hatred. This alienation Mary has experienced has changed her perception of

The short stories “The Lamp at Noon” by Sinclair Ross and “Granite Point” by W. D. Valgardson are similar because of their theme, conflict and mood. Both of the short stories showcase the theme of selfishness and the negative effects it causes. “That may not matter to the others but I won’t have that kind of talk about my wife” is meant to show us the selfishness of Mathew. Blinded by jealousy, Mathew told Kloski to stop coming to his house and meeting with Ellen. Mathew had only been thinking about himself and not about what Ellen had thought. Without accounting the pain it might bring to Ellen, Mathew told Kloski to stop meeting with Ellen because he did not want another man to have a relationship with his wife that is better than his own.In

When the movie begins, it is from Lily’s perspective, and showed how she accidentally killed her mother. This, instead of backstory as in the book, immediately puts the movie at a fast pace, and really stresses that event into the story. The scene repeats itself later when Lily goes to touch Mary’s heart, therefore putting even more weight on it, and made it seem like she was not only looking for solace in Mary, but forgiveness.

Marybeth thinks her life as integrative. She had a great childhood, a rewarding teenage years, getting married and having children, helping with raising up her grandchildren. She has passed on many morals and values to the young generations. As Erikson stated in his psychosocial developmental stages, integrity is the opposite of self-centered love. It is a sense of acceptance that this is one’s only life. (Berzoff, 2011) She tries to contribute more to her family and society and wants to live a regret free life, she also accepts her own death in the future.

In the play, Mary is a beautiful woman and lives the life like any other girls of her time; but she is emotionally attached to her sons and her family when she marries into the Tyrone family. She is also getting old, so she keeps going on her days worrying about her change of appearance. She suffers from a morphine addiction and she is psychologically wounded because of her past. She tries many times to break free but she could not stop as she spends time with her family. She has gone through many struggles but she cannot move on with her life. She keeps looking back into the past; and she regrets marrying into the family because of the dreams she had to sacrifice such as becoming a nun or a concert pianist.

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett and Deborah Hautzig was first published in 1911. It takes place in Yorkshire, England at Misselthwaite manor. It is a story about a ten year old Anglo-Indian girl named Mary Lennox. Mary lives with her parents who neglect her, leaving her in the care of servants. An outbreak of cholera, an infectious disease that causes severe watery diarrhea, which can lead to dehydration and even death if untreated, caused her parents and watchers to die. This led her to be left in her home alone. After she was found, Mary, briefly lived with an English clergyman before being sent to Yorkshire with her uncle Archibald Craven, where she grew up. With this background knowledge in mind, I will proceed to go into greater detail on how British culture influenced the writing of this book, and how this book influenced British culture, but first you need to know what character deveopments occur within The Secret Garden.