Book Review on The Secret Garden Title: The Secret Garden Author: Frances Hodgson Burnett Summary of the story Mary Lennox was a spoilt little girl and lived in India. Her parents were rich and she had maids working for her. But when her maids and parents died of a disease‚ 9 – year – old‚ Mary Lennox is sent to her Uncle’ s mansion on the Yorkshire Moors. But a tragedy happened ten years ago and her Uncle has never recovered from it. Miserable Mary started to explore the gardens of the house. Led
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FEMINIST CRITICISM ON DESIREE’S BABY by KATE CHOPIN “For the girl grew to be beautiful and gentle‚ affectionate and sincere – the idol of Valmonde.” (Page 1‚ third paragraph‚ last sentence) Kate Chopin‚ a female author‚ mirrored the place of women in the society through her novel. She described Desiree as to what we think “perfect” or “fit” for a woman. Come to think about it‚ these words signified vulnerability and weakness. Women are often complimented with their physical attributes and dainty
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character that author sets up in the first few pages is a proper woman‚ who is obedient towards her husband and non-technical. Also‚ the author goes out of her way to describe the garden as “delicious‚” possibly making an allusion to a woman’s place in the kitchen. A woman would naturally be intrigued by a beautiful garden. The character is a faithful woman‚ who does as her husband tells her to do. She is also a nervous wreck‚ and she blames herself for her disorder due to the fact that her husband
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“The Scarlet Letter” Feminist Essay While Hawthorne is influenced by stereotypes‚ The Scarlet Letter‚ by Nathaniel Hawthorne does serve to criticize patriarchy as he creates a plausible individual who is strong in the face of patriarchal opposition. Hester turns her punishment into a life changing experience by becoming a better‚ stronger‚ and more independent person than she was at the beginning of the novel. The way she handles her punishment does not make it right but
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Feminist Criticism “Feminist criticism derives from a critique of a history of oppression‚ in this case the history of women’s inequality” (Mays 2347). Women have always been second to men in mostly everything they are competing in. Even if the man and woman have the exact same job‚ the man is probably making more money just because he is a man. Women barely got the chance to vote less than fifty years ago! Women still have a long way to go to catch up where the men are‚ because men have always
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“Explore The Secret Garden’s representation of illness and recovery.” The Secret Garden‚ written by Frances Hodgson Burnett‚ is a children’s story that has endured enormous popularity since its publication in 1911. The novel centres round a young and lonely protagonist‚ Mary Lennox. Mary’s journeys in The Secret Garden- both physical and spiritual- have been followed by child readers and often remembered long into adulthood. The text communicates to readers themes such as death‚ sickness‚ and
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slowly format all the paragraphs‚ sentences‚ spaces‚ gifs‚ links‚ etc). Now that I have time a week later and after all my midterms‚ I’ll be posting and sharing my thoughts on episode 7 of the amazing and where-have-you-been –all-my-life drama Secret Garden. And I can’t emphasis this enough but this episode was SO SO FUN!!! I can’t even explain my feelings to the full extent. And you know what they say about unexplainable things. Jaw-dropping voice-killing
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So long as I know what’s expected of me‚ I can manage.” And the secret garden bloomed and bloomed and every morning revealed new miracles.” 8) Perspective. Sometimes its all about perspective. If you look for the negative‚ that’s all you’ll find. Try looking for positive things in your life. You will find some. “If you look the right way‚ you can see that the whole world is a garden.” ― Frances Hodgson Burnett‚ The Secret Garden Review I think that on second reading‚ and reading critically
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Michael Prather 12/4/08 Essay #2 The Objectification of Women in “On the Road” A Feminist Criticism In On the Road there is an ever-present objectification of women. As a result‚ the woman loses her human qualities and can be compared to an inanimate object. There are several ways in which this objectification takes form in the novel. It is achieved through the act of gazing at women. The woman can also be used as a means to achieve something else‚ in this case sensual pleasure. Since the culture
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vanilla filled my nose‚ the sweet warm air made me feel so at home. I slowly opened my eyes and sunlight poured into my room‚ making its way down my body‚ giving me warmth I roll over and I am greeted with the captivatingly beautiful sight of our garden‚ colours of green‚ red‚ blue‚ orange and purple fill my eyes‚ everything here is so amazing‚ it is all making the fact that we have to leave so much harder. I hear papa steps slowly becoming louder as he reaches my door‚ i quickly scurry under the
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