She is connected to the chrysanthemums. “ You can feel how it is”(691). “They never make a mistake”( 691). “They’re with the plant”(691). He starts talking about the flowers and how beautiful they are, and this makes Elisa feel beautiful and valued.
Symbolism is used throughout the book but not many examples of it arise. One of the biggest symbols in Speak, is the tree project presented to Melinda in art class. Melinda is given the word “tree” in the beginning of her high school year, and she must paint, carve, draw, sculpt, or do anything to turn a simple tree into art. In the beginning of the year, she thinks that this will be a very easy assignment since she had learned to draw a tree in 2nd grade. She realizes through the year that she cannot put emotion into this assignment to make the tree into art.
This description symbolizes her strengths when working on her plants. Because gardening is what makes Elisa strong, the Chrysanthemums represent her inner-self. Elisa knows her own strengths, “‘Yes. They’ll be strong this coming year.’ In her tone and on her face there was a little smugness” when she replies to her husband’s remark, “You’ve got a strong new crop coming” (Steinbeck 255); and prides herself with it. The fence that surrounds and protects her garden “from cattle and dogs and chickens” (Steinbeck 55) also describes her strength because it symbolizes a guard which Elisa puts up to protect her from a man bringing her down.
The growth of the pepper tree is a metaphor of her emotional, spiritual and mental change, where she has matured, developing a sense of ambition and enthusiasm for life. The persona is able to reconnect again with society, where she speaks to “wonderful old people” and helps elderly women with their gardening, becoming apart of a community. The persona is able to walk through the streets “with awakened senses”, which displays how nature has illuminated her; she has discovered her passion and purpose. With the help of nature and gardening, she is able to become preoccupied, gaining the strength to push Tim out of her life, although their history together still impacts her quite heavily. The narrator experiences a dramatic change within herself; she now has the power to make educated choices, and changes from a pessimist, at the start of the story, to an optimist at the
Her healing work has also been published in the local news media. Mama Lola was very much open to alternative methods of healing “she is not afraid to incorporate elements from other cultures into her own worldview.” “… her whole life is about movement between cultures and about understanding and coping with cultural difference.” (Pg 206, Mama Lola) Mama Lola’s line of work not only deals with health problems but also love, work and family difficulties. Her healing skills combine that of a medical doctor, psychotherapist, a social working and priest and is well respected in her community not just for her work but as a good woman. “She has a group of steady followers who appreciate her for being trustworthy and discreet as well as effective. It is also widely known that she adheres to a tradition that discourages making large profits from healing work”.
Angelou created easy outlets for people in struggle. She gets guidance from the heart and her words lead people from pitfalls in life. Her words will forever be relevant; her life is to admired. Times do change but young women throughout the years have one thing in common, the desire to fulfill their dreams without carrying the burden of past hurts. Angelou is more than a voice for today’s young women; she is also an inspiration and a blessing to those who read her work.
Leon Frederic’s work of art makes me feel that I have the choice of either feeling like the mother in the painting, the one that takes care of the children, caring for them, comforting them, and overall nurturing them. Also, Nature of Abundance makes me feel like as if I am the children, or seasons, by feeling like I am the one that is taken care of, the one that is comforted, and the one that is nurtured by my mother. In today’s world, mothers are the same way just like the mother in the painting, likewise for “Mother Nature” and Mother Nature’s seasons. Children everywhere, all around the world depend on their mothers, just like the ones in the painting and I , for our mothers to be there. When I was a child I remember I always depended on my mother to be there for me, and I always went to her if I ever needed anything, and she proved that she was always there.
This garden belonged to the late Mistress Craven; after her death, Archibald locked the garden door and buried the key beneath the earth. Mary becomes intensely curious about the secret garden, and determines to find it. This curiosity, along with the vigorous exercise she takes on the moor, begins to have an extremely positive effect upon Mary. She almost immediately becomes less sickly, more engaged with the world, and less foul-tempered. This change is aided by Ben Weatherstaff, a brusque but kindly old gardener, and a robin redbreast who lives in the secret garden.
Knowing life is a process which has purpose and meaning, and instilling that knowledge in fellow humans inspires the race to move forward. Here is a quote from Ecclesiastes 3:1-2: There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven: a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot, (Life Application Bible, New International Version, Tyndale House Publisher, 1991). From this reading one could assume that the process of life is divinely inspired. As a nurse, pointing out that doing these things well inspires others, eases their suffering, and gives so much more deeper meaning to their lives. Other professions offer the opportunity to make a difference to be sure, but the nurse has a unique opportunity.
THE SECRET GARDEN The film review is on the film” The Secret Garden”.4/10(ranking). I expected the film the secret garden to be magical, a happy ending story and an adventurous story. The genre of the “Secret garden” is an adventurous and family film. The main protagonist Mary Lennox moved countries to her Uncle’s place, a far, far away place from home after a dreadful accident. She finds many discoveries at her “new home”.