Feelings about the book...

When I finished reading all the chapters of the book I simply felt satisfaction and happiness, because behind this story there is much more than meets the eye. In short, now I understand why they told me to read this book and that I was going to be surprised. In addition, these types of novels end up being forgotten for many because they treat them as insignificant for the simple fact that they are old or because they are not supposedly complex. This book made me confirm once again that the short stories of Frances Hodgson Burnett are unique and incomparable, especially this one because it contains different topics. For example, the author writes about magic, but combines this fantasy with matters of great controversy.

Apart from everything already mentioned regarding the book in the different entries, the panorama is clear. However, there is one issue that I think should be taken into account and this has to do with something that I realized when I finished reading the story. It is about the strong connection that exists with nature in the book.

The same title of the novel has to do with nature and this is obviously reflected throughout each chapter and it takes more and more strength according to the story progresses. Firstly, the garden is a place that is totally desolate and neglected because everyone in the house is disconnected to it and this means that nature cannot show the best of itself, if we are not attached to it. Once Mary entered in the garden and began to bring more and more people, you can see a clear advance on this place; beautiful flowers, plants and everything started to go green. I describe this as "Nature and the human being must go hand in hand," just as we need it, nature needs us to show us its beauty. In reality, this can be transported with certain actions such as planting trees, watering plants and developing an ecological attitude to maintain our flora and fauna.

As I am a person who appreciates nature, this novel means a lot to me because there are many changes linked to the ecosystem, almost all the characters in the book experience some kind of profound change in which they come off their bad character to start a new lifetime. For example, Colin has always thought that he is sick and incapable of everything, but in reality this is only an illusion of the mind, because he is a clever and artful. In addition, Mrs. Craven herself lives in her garden, which is her favorite place and most importantly she is with her son. In this way, it can be inferred that nothing dies completely, there will always be something special that reminds us of someone we love or something that we have apparently lost.

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