The spurt of emotional and spiritual growth of the characters caused by the nature can also be seen in this novel, mainly effecting Mary and Colin’s life, along with the father-son relationship between Colin Craven and Archibald Craven. Initially, at the beginning of the story she is described as being an unpleasant, spoiled little girl. She is unloved by her egocentric mother and left to the care of servants. Her servants was expected to follow every orders by her and eventually, shaping Mary into a "tyrannical and selfish little pig". Back then, she cares for no living thing. For example, her family and nurse dies of cholera and Mary shows no sign of remorse,
She did not cry because her nurse had died. She was not an affectionate child and had never cared much for anyone.…show more content… She was also emotionally unstable as she would always throw tantrums whenever she wants. Audience would think that her personality would be hard to fix or change, but with the discovery of the secret garden, the garden in a way helped her in fixing her own self; making her wiser and more matured. By spending time in the garden, Mary made friends with Dickon Sowerby, who is Martha’s brother and also the boy who teaches her much about gardening, plants and animals in nature in chapter 10. Being someone who is pretty much disagreeable in people’s eyes, her achievement in making friends with Dickon is one of the proofs that Mary’s emotions is developing by showing her emotions towards her new
