The Secret Garden‚ written by Frances Hodgson Burnett‚ takes places in India and gloomy Misselthwaite Manor. The protagonist is Mary Lennox‚ a disagreeable looking child with a selfish attitude. The antagonist is Archibald Craven‚ Mary’s uncle. He is known as a horrid‚ disagreeable‚ hunchback that everyone fears. Some other characters are: Master Colin Craven‚ who is Mary’s sickly cousin‚ Dickon Sowerby‚ who is known as both “a common moor boy” and “a Yorkshire Angel‚” Martha Sowerby‚ who is the
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Movies vs. Books From our mouths‚ to writing and finally to film‚ the way we tell stories has evolved over time and I must say thank God for its advancements. Reading a book can be nice but thanks to movies all the work of deciphering the message of the story is done through the director of the motion picture. He is responsible for researching the story to find the intent of the writers and will often consult with the writer to bring you the true meaning of the story. The director brings the
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Why is the movie never the same as the book? This is a question many people tend to ask themselves after reading a book and then viewing the film. Obviously‚ filmmakers try to make the movie more dramatic and that’s why changes from the book are present. Although the changes usually don’t change the story drastically‚ it still tends to hit a nerve in people when they see the differences. In the book and the movie‚ The Secret Life of Bees‚ the changes are not dramatic and are sometimes hard to pick
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The Secret Garden written by Frances Hodgson Burnett was a heartfelt and inspiring novel along with one of the most popular. The Secret Garden focuses around the life of a young girl they call Mary Lennox whom became an orphan and eventually was sent away to Yorkshire mansion where she resided with her uncle‚ Mr. Craven. Mary believed living with her uncle would be the worst situation she had ever come upon‚ but little did she know it would become a life changing experience. The novel itself was
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Book vs. Movies A long time has passed since the idea that “The book is better than the movie” was accepted without question. There are almost no exceptions. Some key reasons why the film version of a book is so lacking relates to‚ one‚ the lack of depth of the story‚ two time constraints and‚ three‚ the inability for producers to include the full content of a story. Most of the time‚ if the movies follow an original script‚ and there is no book version to compare it to‚ it is most likely
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The Secret Garden By: Frances Hodgson Burnett Frances Hodgson Burnet Frances Hodgson Burnett | | | | | Frances Eliza Hodgson Burnett (24 November 1849 – 29 October 1924) was an English playwright and author. She is best known for her children’s stories‚ in particular The Secret Garden (winner of the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award in 1959)‚ A Little Princess‚ and Little Lord Fauntleroy. Born Frances Eliza Hodgson‚ she lived in Cheetham Hill‚ Manchester. When
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There are different ways to get a story from different sources in modern times. Books have been good sources for stories‚ but movies are getting more popular and have the same story with the books. Why people still reading books; and others are prefer watching the movies? Reading books and watching movies have a lot in common‚ but there are some differences that makes the readers remain faithful to reading books. Reading books and watching movies are similar because they are telling the same story. They
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THE SECRET GARDEN SUMMARY Mary Lennox lives with her rich parents in India. No one has ever really cared for her; hardly anyone knows she is even there. One day a cholera epidemic breaks out and nearly everyone dies. Mary hides in the nursery and when she wakes up the next morning‚ there is no one left. She is sent to England where her uncle‚ Archibald Craven‚ lives. A woman called Medlock is sent to take her to the manor. Normally the 500 year old Misselthwaite Manor on the Yorkshire moors isn’t
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the book compared to the movie. Rikki-tikki-tavi written by Rudyard Kipling has some differences from Rikki-tikki-tavi the movie. Rikki-tikki-tavi the movie is the same concept as the book. Some differences between the two are the characters‚ the setting‚ and the conflict of the story. One thing that can have a difference is the characters from both the book and the movie. In the beginning of the book Teddy’s mother took Rikki-tikki inside the house after the monsoon. Where-as in the movie Teddy’s
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Miracle Garden The Secret Garden is one of the best books that I’ve enjoyed reading. All the characters have interesting personalities that change for good; in many occasions. It’s neat to see how Mary‚ Colin‚ and Dickon encourage one another to value their own life. Two of the main characters would happen to be Mary Lennox and Colin Craven. Throughout the book‚ both Mary and Colin had a negative attitude. Mary was the first one to change her attitude and began to be positive and see
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