The Secret Garden Essay Example

not happen in the film, Mrs. Medlock seems to take care of him herself with the help of Martha her servant.

When Mary, Colins cousin, found Colin he was crying, the noises that he was making is what led her to him. The book describes him as crying pitifully which he was in the film. The book physically describes him with "a sharp, delicate face, the color of ivory and he seemed to have eyes to big for it. In the book Colin says that he is always ill and having to lie down.Colin also says that he doesn't want to be moved out of his room because it tires him too much. The nurse and pretty much everyone else in the house thinks that Colin should go out and that the fresh air will do him some good.

In the film he is not allowed to go out, everyone thinks that the spores that are carried in the air will damage him health and make him ever more ill. In the book Colin is a lot more relaxed, he talks to Mary about dreams, his father and Mary tells him about what its like in India.In the film Colin orders Mary to fluff his pillows, he treated her a bit like a servant but they get talking and Mary accidentally mentions the garden. The next time Colin and Mary meet in the film Mary tries to open the window and Colin shouts at her to get away. After this they get slightly restless and Colin orders Mary to put on a mask, when she refuses he shouts at her to put it on. Mary

gets very annoyed at him and shouts "Stop talking to be like you are a rajah with emeralds and diamonds around your neck! " Colin replies to her with a very spiteful "Ill talk to you any way I please.

At this point they are both very agitated, but they are interrupted by Martha and Mrs. Medlock and so Mary hides under the bed. When Mrs. Medlock goes to get some towels Mary climbs out and Colin orders her to go. Colin is very spiteful in this scene in the film he thinks he can talk to everyone like they are his slaves, but he has never known any other way to talk.

In the story Mary does refer t Colin as a rajah but she talks to him more calmly and he says "I shall make you tell me about rajahs presently. " Instead of flying off the handle he speaks to Mary calmly and is egar to learn more about the rajahs.Mary told Colin about Dickon and how he charms animals. It is in this part of the book that Mrs. Medlock and Dr Craven walk in on Mary and Colin. All Mrs.

Medlock could say was "Good lord. " Colin broke the silence with "This is my cousin Mary Lennox, I asked her to come and talk to me. I like her . She must come and talk to me whenever I send for her.

"After a long discussion Mrs. Medlock mentioned how he looked better. Mrs. Medlock didn't react at all like she did in the film she was calm and thought that Mary's influence would do him some good. In

the film Mary pulls the boards away from the windows and leaves him n his room.

It is then that he has a huge tantrum for no good reason. Mary hears him and comes to see what is the matter with him. When she sees Colin she gets very angry and shouts at him. She tells him she hates him and he keeps shouting that he has a lump on his back so Mary feels his back and tells him that there is nothing there.

It is at this point that Mrs. Medlock comes in she see Mary and shouts "Get away from him you beastly girl! " She then turns to Martha and hits her and tell her to pack her bags. Colin then tells Mrs. Medlock that if see sends Martha away then he will in turn send her away.Colin is very angry but glad that Mary can come and see him as and when she likes. This scene is very different in the film.

Mary had told him that she could not come to see him that day so Colin was very upset. When Mary hears how he reacted she goes to see him. She and Colin have a big fight and Colin threatens to not let Dickon come to Misselthwaite anymore. Mary stormed out of the room threatening to never comeback again. The next day Colin had one of his tantrums and Mary ran down the corridors to his room. When she got there he was lying on his face beating his pillow with his hands.

When he looked round at her he had stopped screaming and shouted at her saying he felt

a lump. Mary felt his back and told him she could only feel bones. Mrs. Medlock, the nurse and Martha had been huddled it the corner the whole time, they were all slightly afraid but relieved when Mary had come and stopped him from crying. Colin was very emotional in both book and film in this scene. He didn't want to lose Mary and he was terrified of dieing alone.

Mary tells Colin soon after this incident that she has found her way in to the garden. Colin gets really excited in both book and film. As soon as it was possible fr Colin to go out side he did.