Group 1 :

1. Salsabila Nadzifa
2. Tengku Varadina
3. Khotika Tunnisa
4. Ainun Mardiyah
5C

The Secret Garden

A Story by Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Secret Garden
Author : Frances Hodgson Burnett
Genre : Adventure
Characters : Mary Lennox, Colin Craven, Dickon
Sowerby, Mr. Archibald Craven,
Martha Sowerby, Susan Sowerby
and Ben Weatherstaff.
The Literary Analysis of The Secret
Garden
Content Analysis : Fiction (Novelette or Long
Short Story)
The Secret Garden is a story
Biography of The Author :
by Frances Hodgson Burnett first
published in book form in 1911, after its
Frances Eliza Hodgson Burnett (24
serialization in The American
November 1849 – 29 October 1924) was a
Magazine (November 1910 – August
British-born American novelist and playwright.
1911). Set in England, it is one of
She is best known for the three children's
Burnett's most popular story and is
novels Little Lord Fauntleroy (published in
considered a classic of English
1885–1886), A Little Princess (1905),
children's literature.
and The Secret Garden (1911).
Synopsis :

The story centres on Mary Lennox, a little girl who is living in India
with her british wealthy family. She is a sickly and foul-tempered little girl who
has been spoiled by her servants and neglected by her parents. When a
cholera epidemic kills her parents and her servants, Mary is orphaned. Then
she is sent to live with her maternal uncle, Archibald Craven in Yorkshire,
England which changes her whole life. She learns and experiences a lot of
things at Mr. Craven’s huge estate, Misselthwaite Manor.
One day, she finds the entrance to a secret garden that has been
locked for years. She explores the garden with her new friend, Dickon
Sowerby. Mary also uncovers the source of strange sound at the mansion,
which is the cries of her uncle’s son, Colin Craven. Their meeting changes the
whole situation at Misselthwaite Manor.
Writing Style

Narrative  a piece of writing that tells a story, and it is one of

four classical rhetorical modes or ways that writers use to
present information.

• A narrative is a form of writing that tells a story.

• Narratives can be essays, short story, fairy tales, movies, etc.
• Narratives have five elements: plot, setting, character, conflict,
and theme.
• Writers use narrator style, chronological order, a point of view,
and other strategies to tell a story.

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 Literary Devices
1) Setting

• Place
Country : Yorkshire, England
Indoor : At a huge mansion, Misselthwaite Manor • Physical Environment :
Outdoor : A Garden Misselthwaite Manor is a
sprawling old estate with
• Time over one hundred rooms and
Time Period : Past a special garden which had
The period of history : At the turn of the 20th been shut up by the owner
Century. because of his inconsolable
Season : Spring, Summer. grief since the death of his
wife.
• Social Environment
In a particular society : British
The particular social class : Upper Class
2) Characters
Protagonist (Central Character) : Mary Lennox
Antagonist (Opposition) : Mr. Archibald Craven
Round/Dynamic Character : Colin Craven
Flat/Static Character : Martha Sowerby, Dickon Sowerby,
Susan Sowerby, Ben Weatherstaff and Mrs. Medlock.

3) Characterization
Method of Characterization  Telling (Direct
Characterization)
Characterization through appearance  Characterization
through actions (What the characters do)
• Mary : spoiled, ignorant, and full of curiosity. • Mr. Craven : depressed
• Colin : spoiled, sensitive, and kind. and ignorant
• Dickon : kind, smart and friendly. • Ben Weatherstaff : rough,
• Martha : kind. kind.
 Narrative Text
Generic Structures :

COMPLICATION

ORIENTATION RESOLUTION
4) PLOT
ORIENTATION /
At the turn of
exposition
the 20th
Century, there
was a little girl
named Mary Mary had
Lennox bad
behaviour
t? Mary was sent
Use big image. to Yorkshire,
Born in India England to live
to a wealthy with her
british family maternal uncle.
A cholera
epidemic killed
Mary’s parents
and her servants
which made her
an orphan.

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 rising action / COMPLICATION
Mary got a new friend, Dickon
Sowerby and they explored
Mr. Craven’s late wife’s garden
together.
Mary began to live at a huge
old mansion, Misselthwaite
Manor, and found a life that
was very different from what
she used to live in India.
 Climax / Crisis

Mary also uncovered the source of the cries of her

supposedly sick 10-year-old cousin, her uncle’s Colin threw a
son Colin Craven, who has been confined to the tantrum after
house and spoiled by servants. knowing about the
secret garden and
wanted to go there
like the others

Mary and Colin became

friends.
 Falling action

Mary discovered that Colin is

not sick at all.

Mary, Dickon and Colin

secretly explored and played
in the secret garden together.
 RESOLUTION
Mr. Craven Archibald found out what happened
in his mansion and his wife’s garden then
regretted all his deeds towards his one and only
child, Colin Craven.

The magic of the secret garden made Colin

could feel the warmth of a father's love he had
dreamed of and finally Mary had a whole new
family.

Mary's interaction with new people and the

nature caused several changes: she became
less sickly, more engaged with the world, and
less foul-tempered. 13
5) Conflict

External (A force outside one’s self).

 Man vs. Circumstances (classical) - The
leading character (Mary) struggles against
fate, or the circumstances of life facing
him/her.

6) Point of View

• Third Person : As non-participant: third

person (he, she, they)
• The self-effaced narrator
 The story is told from an objective point of
view where the narrator simply reports the
series of events.
7) Theme

• Human Nature
• Explicit (Clear and Obvious)
• Though this story, Burnett’s interest in common problems in
children are reflected in the way that the children are healed,
not only through contact with nature and with each other but
also through positive thinking.

8) Atmosphere / Mood
 Tone : Cold
 Feeling : Change from gloomy to happy / cheerful.
 Style : Formal dictions and Complex sentences.
It impacts the readers’ understanding of this story.
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9) Imagery

• Visual relating to sight : “Misselthwaite Manor was a sprawling old estate with
over one hundred rooms”
• Auditory relating to hearing : “She heard strange, far-off cries coming from one of
the manor's distant rooms.”
• Tactile relating to touch : “As she took Mary by the arm and pulled her away.”

10) Reader’s Comment

Readers find this story interesting and worth reading. The story is well-packed
with unique personalities from each characters, the setting and atmosphere
are also described clearly. This story is suitable for those who care for nature
and its surroundings. Lastly, moral values that can be taken from “The Secret
Garden” are the importance of family affection as well as the evidence that a
person can be healed by interacting with nature and getting support from
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