PLZ HELP I WILL BRAINLEST What is a theme of The Secret Garden?
It is important to keep secrets.
Spending time outdoors can help one learn to communicate with animals.
A piece of land should belong to whoever wants it most.
Tending nature has a healing effect on people.
Question 2
Part B
Which detail from chapters 10-11 of the novel best supports the theme in Part A?
“‘I’ll tell thee what tha’ll do,’ said Dickon, with his happy grin. ‘Tha’ll get fat an’ tha’ll get as hungry as a young fox an’ tha’ll learn how to talk to th’ robin same as I do. Eh! we’ll have a lot o’ fun.’”
“‘I’ve stolen a garden,’ she said very fast. ‘It isn’t mine. It isn’t anybody’s. Nobody wants it, nobody cares for it, nobody ever goes into it.’”
“‘I’m growing fatter,’ said Mary, ‘and I’m growing stronger. I used always to be tired. When I dig I’m not tired at all.’”
“‘I’m keepin’ secrets all th’ time,’ he said. ‘If I couldn’t keep secrets from th’ other lads, secrets about foxes’ cubs, an’ birds’ nests, an’ wild things’ holes, there’d be naught safe on th’ moor. Aye, I can keep secrets.’”
