Growing up
The setting of the story is set in the garden. It is described as a
wilderness. It has a small vegetable patch near the pond. I think this
garden could have potential if it was cared for and not used as the
children’s ‘Play area’. It has one bed where Mrs Quick (one of the
main characters) ‘grew flowers for the house’ and it ‘hadn’t been
touched for years’. She had lost care for it. Old apple trees tottered
over seedy laurels, unpruned roses where in the garden and tall ruins
of dahlias and delphiniums hung from broken sticks. From the way the
writer had written about the garden, he describes it as if it was like
a jungle. I know this because he keeps referring it as ‘wilderness’.
The reason for its neglect was that it was for the children and that
‘they should do what they like there’. This phrase is a hint into what
is to come later on in the story. Mr quick like that their garden was
different from other neighbours because he was proud that it was
different and that his children had created a place where his children
could play and relax. It was like a ‘play area’ for them. The writer
repeats the word ‘wilderness’ to emphasise the state of the garden. He
wants the readers to understand that the garden is like a ‘forest’.
The condition, the smell, everything. ‘Sun just warming up… making
even old weeds shine red and gold’. The reader says this because even
though the garden is like a jungle, it still is beautiful. Weeds are
said to be ugly and most people want to get rid of them but the writer
wants the readers to understand that the garden is beautiful, weeds
and all. ‘It had a special kind of beauty of untouched woods’. The
writer is still telling the reader that the garden is like a ‘primeval
forest’. This means that it was before humans/ untouched by man. This
confirms what the writer said before about the quick family not caring
about the garden. The connection between the state of the garden and
the behaviour of the children are similar in the sense that the garden
is ‘wild’ and that when the children ‘attack’ the dog and father the
actions of them are ‘wild’ because they throw ‘bamboo’ sticks at the
dog and pounce on the dad like a ‘wild’ tiger perhaps? Their actions
are like fierce animals in the jungle, which could be seen as the
children in the garden. The children as fierce animals and the garden
The garden is the vehicle in which the narrator reveals her reluctance to leave behind the imaginary world of childhood and see the realities of the adult world. The evidence supporting this interpretation is the imagery of hiding. The narrator uses the garden to hide from reality and the changes of growing up. When she no longer can hide from reality, she tries to hide from herself, which leaves her feeling disillusioned and unsure of who she is.
The inciting incident is when the children throw rocks at Miss Lottie’s marigolds to destroy
The garden archetype is clearly portrayed in the Irish legend Deirdre and the Sons of Usna. The legend chronicles the life of a young girl named Deirdre who was cast away from her kingdom at a young age, and sent to live with the King`s nurse as it was said that she would bring misfortune upon the kingdom. She is sent to live with the nurse in a small house made of natural materials and that had a roof of green sods in a hidden glen, which is similar to a garden or paradise. She and the nurse lived in
The characters in “The Garden Noble” are both flat and round characters, who help characterize Caroline throughout the story, especially when the story flashbacks to her childhood. Willa Cather tells rather than shows her characters.
...by and The Garden Party the themes are apparent throughout the introduction. In Araby the setting begins in a state of darkness introducing the main theme of light and darkness. Similarly, the beautiful setting described at the beginning of The Garden Party establishes the upper-class ranking of the Sheridan family, demonstrating class distinction. Although the two main characters are from different classes, the family backgrounds of each provide information which helps to further develop their themes respectively. The struggles which both characters face demonstrate character development and contribute to the themes of the stories. Both short stories prove to be literally effective in that they disclose the main themes at the outset of each story. Although the themes may alter over the course of the stories, they are clearly defined in their respective introductions.
Queirós, Eça de. The Tragedy of the Street of Flowers. Translated by Margaret Jull Costa.
Growing up for me some would say it was rather difficult and in some ways I would agree. There have been a lot of rough times that I have been through. This has and will affect my life for the rest of my life. The leading up to adoption, adoption and after adoption are the reasons my life were difficult.
On the other hand, the garden itself within The Secret Garden can be classified as a cultivated natural therapeutic landscape. What makes the garden truly remarkable as a therapeutic is its role in Mary’s coming of age, considering that prior to Mary’s exposure to the garden she was raised without an appropriate adult role models but nonetheless reached emotional maturity. In addition, the garden is considered a true therapeutic landscape due to its role in healing not only Mary, but also Colin and Archibald
Jackson, Shirley. "Flower Garden." Introduction to Literature: Reading, Analyzing, and Writing. 2nd ed. Ed. Dorothy U.Seyler and Richard A. Wilan. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice, 1990.
Although imagery and symbolism does little to help prepare an expected ending in “The Flowers” by Alice Walker, setting is the singular element that clearly reasons out an ending that correlates with the predominant theme of how innocence disappears as a result of facing a grim realism from the cruel world. Despite the joyous atmosphere of an apparently beautiful world of abundant corn and cotton, death and hatred lies on in the woods just beyond the sharecropper cabin. Myop’s flowers are laid down as she blooms into maturity in the face of her fallen kinsman, and the life of summer dies along with her innocence. Grim realism has never been so cruel to the innocent children.
In the words of author Thomas Foster, “There’s only one story.” Most, if not all authors will draw inspiration from other works of literature to illustrate their story. Even if one is not an expert on Greek Mythology, one must take notice and appreciate the striking resemblance between The Garden Party and The Myth of Persephone. Laura is Katherine Mansfield’s depiction of Persephone as the former loses her innocence by witnessing death. On the surface, both tales begin in a natural, ideal setting that implies a tragedy will come along to spoil it. Essentially, the short story and the myth both portray a character finding their niche and a deeper meaning of life by having to adapt in foreign surroundings. Inevitably, the resemblances between both stories are concealed within symbols that a reader may easily disregard, such as a character’s relationship with her mother.
The Man Who Planted Trees by Jean Giono was wan extraordinary story about one man’s efforts to help the environment. It tells the story of one shepherd's extensive and successful singlehanded determination to re-forest a desolate valley in the foothills of the Alps near Provence throughout the first half of the 20th century. The story is narrated by a man who throughout the book in anonymous. The story begins in the year 1910, when a young man is undertaking a long hiking trip through Provence, France, and into the Alps. The narrator runs out of water in a treeless, uninhabited valley where there is no trace of civilization. The narrator finds only a dried up well, but is saved by a middle-aged shepherd who gives him a drink of water from his water-gourd. Later, the shepherd takes the narrator to his cottage where he offers him food and a place for the night.
There are two settings for this story. The first and main setting is an eye appealing garden next to Giovanni Guasconti’s room which is located in Padua, Italy. This garden is used in this story as a symbol for the Garden of Eden. The garden is described by Hawthorne in such a way that the reader can almost picture a garden that is alive with vibrant colors and an array of flowering plants and shrubs. There are a variety of types of plants and herbs growing in the garden. Some of the plants are vines, some are growing in decorative urns, and some have grown wild until they were wrapped around statues (2217). The entire garden was “veiled and shrouded in a drapery of hanging foliage” (2217). The plants in the garden “seemed fierce, passionate, and even unnatural” to Giovanni (2225). Some of the plants in the garden “crept serpent-like along
In "Kew Gardens," the narrator follows different visitors to the gardens, giving the reader brief snapshots of their lives through small descriptions as they reach the same flowerbed. The story begins with a description of the oval-shaped flowerbed. The flowers are red, yellow, and blue. They have petals that are heart or tongue shaped. As the petals fall to the ground, they stain the earth with these colors for a moment. Petals from the flowers soar through the sky in the summer breeze. The flowers' colors flash in the air. On this July day, men, women, and children walk through the gardens. As the people move through the gardens, their movements resemble butterflies. They zigzag in all directions to get a better view of the flowers.
Everyone that have ever lived to adulthood, understand that difficulty of the transition to it from childhood. As of right now, I am in the prime of the “coming of age “transition. The overwhelming pressure of our society that forces the adolescence to assimilate the social norms is felt by many. Just as in our first steps, our first words or anything that is expected in our human milestones, coming of age is one of them. It may variety from different societies, religious responsibility or modern legal convention; everyone had to reach this point eventually.