The Secret Garden

A few weeks ago I wrote a summary on the secret garden, here's mine.

Mary Lennox—sour, skinny, foul-tempered—who loves no one and whom nobody loves, is the main character. At the start of the story she had no friends and had a negative outlook to everything. She lives in India with her mother, beautiful and frivolous and her father, an army captain. Who she scarcely sees. Unfortunately everyone, including the servants, dies of a disease apart from Mary. She turns into an orphan.

Mary is stuck in her room oblivious to the fact that everyone had died, until a group of soldiers find her in her room with great surprise. Considering that she is now an orphan, they decide to send Mary to her uncle, Archibald Craven in Yorkshire, England. Shortly after she arrives at her uncle's she finds out about a mysterious garden; she decides to go find it.

As Mary searches for the garden she begins to become strong and happy. Eventually she discovers the secret garden, where she starts working on to making it beautiful again. Dickon, a boy who can charm the animals of the moor, becomes Mary's partner and first friend. One day she hears strange cries coming from one of the rooms. Interested by strange cries she decides to investigate. She finds Colin Craven —unfit, negative, impolite—her uncle's son.

Mary and Dickon begin secretly bringing Colin to the secret garden. A few people find out about their secret including Ben Weatherstaff and Susan Sowerby, but still does not tell Mr Craven. Eventually Colins health miraculously improves; he no longer thinks that he should no longer live and has a positive attitude, just as it did to Mary. One day Susan writes a letter to Mr Craven exclaiming that he must come home, but does not tell him why. Concerned, Mr Craven comes home straight away. His first instinct is to go to the secret garden; when he turns the handle of the door his son comes rushing into his arms. Colin's recovery becomes known to all.