Family Values in Movies The Secret Garden
Family Values in Movies; "The Secret Garden"
"The Secret Garden"; "The movie “Secret Garden” can be considered a fairy tale or a family movie.
The movie is about a little girl who loses her parents in an earthquake. After losing her parents, she is sent to live with her uncle who is not a very happy man. In this movie, we see the progress of character developments. Mary Lennox, Mrs. Medlock, Colin, and Mary’s uncle change in the end of the movie in a positive way. I will try to point out the causes and the effects in the movie about these character developments.
First of all, Mary Lennox who is a 10 year old girl had no attention or love from his family in her life. She was living in wealth, therefore she was a depressed child because of her parents being busy with parties or their business life, not caring about her much. As a result of these, Mary developed her character in terms of a cold personality, and because of her being used to live in wealth, she always expects attention, and perfection from others who are lower than her. In the story line, Mary finds about a secret garden. Not having any reason that will keep her alive before, Mary dedicates herself to the development of the forsaken garden. She discovers the truth that lies in the secret garden. Her personality changes after she finds about her cousin and she tries to help him as much as she can. Trying to discover the truth and help her crippled cousin, she develops a new character, who is caring and for the first time she feels love.
Mary’s cousin Colin, is a boy who is also 10 years old. He lost her mom when he was small and he grew up having health problems, not being able to walk or take care of himself in his whole life. Because of him being different from others, he isolates himself in a dark room in the mansion, trying to stay away from people, being a sad, alone boy. Mary’s appearance changes Colin a lot. After his moms death, Colin was also forsaken by his dad. For the first time, someone cares about Colin and tries to help him. In the end of the story, Colin even forgets the idea he always had in his mind about death and even gets better; being...