Medlock Quotes

e proclaimed, “I was angry. I never cried. I didn’t know how to cry.” In the movie The Secret Garden, Mary Lennox, the protagonist, lost her parents in a tragic earthquake. She never once cried about the accident, because in her case, there was nothing to really cry about. Unlike most children, Mary’s parents neglected her. She never felt loved, accepted or cared for. The closest that she ever had to a parent was her handmaiden. In her family, her parents only cared about themselves. All they did was go to parties, or fancy events while leaving Mary home to sit around, while they were having the time of their lives. Through this, Mary had to put up a wall. All she ever knew was people that neglected her and did not really care for her, so she

When Medlock is first introduced, she has no emotional connection to Colin. She treats him as though he is still a baby. She has put up a wall of having her way and does not let others in her life tell her what to do. In one scene, it shows that Mary was in Colin’s chambers against Mrs.Medlock's orders. Mrs.Medlock finds Mary in his chambers and she does not like that one bit. She then locks Mary into her own chambers so she cannot see Colin. Mrs.Medlock did not want Colin to see Mary because she wanted to be in control. She had the idea that Colin was very sick inside her head and should not see anyone, or look past this idea. This caused Mrs.Medlock to act very strict and extremely rude. But, Mrs.Medlock begins to change. She began to let down her wall by letting go of the control that desperately wanted to have. One way that she did this was by allowing Colin to go outside. Colin proclaimed, “I'm going out in my chair. If the fresh air agrees with me, I may go out every day,” then Mrs.Medlock replied saying, “Not every day, surely, Master Colin.” Even though Mrs.Medlock did not agree with Colin going outside, she let him anyway because he made a very compelling argument, and would not take no for an answer. As the story reaches its climax, Medlock lets down her wall completely as she sees Colin running gleefully with Lord Craven and Mary. She realizes that she was wrong about Colin and that it is okay for her to be wrong sometimes. She also learns that it is okay for other people to tell her what to do and that she does not have to be right all of the time. Therefore, Medlock learns that she does not have to be right all of the time and learns to let others have their