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CHAPTER IV FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION

Chapter four presents the findings and discussion to solve the problems of the study formulated in the introduction. The problems would be analyzed one by one using the technique provided in methodology in two sub-chapters which were the description of parental neglect in The Secret Garden and its effect towards children‘s psychology. In this study, the writer would extent the analysis by mentioning the type of parental neglect. It was followed by the effect of parental neglect presented in the story. In showing the parental neglect, the writer would divide it into some parts according to the area of the data. More analysis of the study is in the following.

4.1 Analysis of the element of Novel in

The Secret Garden 4.1.1 Setting Setting as the elements of novel reveal us about the places and the times of the events that happened inside the story. The setting of The secret garden took place in India and England around 20 th century. The story begins in an undisclosed part of India where the Lennox family lives. Their home is large and filled with servants, but she had never been happy because her parents ignored her. Then, Mary was moved to England after her parents death. She lived with her uncle Mr. Archibald Craven in Misselthwaite Manor, Yorkshire, England.

4.1.2 Plot

a Exposition In the beginning of the story, there were Mary Lenox a pampered children who never got love and loved anyone. Her parents who were both English people living in colonial India did not seem to care about her at all. She lived with her Ayah and the servants. She got everything she wants from her terrified, bullied nannies, but neither the discipline nor the love that she needed. When her parents suddenly die of cholera, everyone forgot her. She left over until a soldier found her. b Rising Action Mary traveled from India to Yorkshire a wild, rural county in northern England. She moved to her only uncle Mr. Archilbald Craven.Mary starts to make friends with the maid, Martha Sowerby, and her animal-charmer brother Dickon, Mary soon discovers that the world was full of a lot more natural beauty and interest than she ever guessed. Basically, all Mary ever needed to become a better person was something to care about that wasnt herself. And she finds this sense of purpose in the walled-up Secret Garden on the grounds of Misselthwaite Manor. As she digs and plants and works with Dickon to bring this neglected garden back to life, she learns to care about the world around her and becomes a much nicer kid as a result. c Climax Mary personalities got better and better. She could make a friend with Martha, Ben, Dickon and the animals. Then, she found Colin Craven, the boy that was hidden away in Misselthwaite Manor Colin had basically been left alone in Misselthwaite Manor for his entire life. His mother had died tragically when he was born, and his dad, Archibald, can not stand looking at Colin because he reminded him too much of his dead wife. Colin also believed that he was going to die young and that his spine is developing incorrectly. Colins boredom and self-pity make him a pampered child. Now that Mary knows hes sharing Misselthwaite Manor with her. She told him everything what she had experienced. One of them is about the secret garden. d Falling Action In a lot of ways, Mary helped Colin to recovery his condition. He learned to care about the world outside of himself through making friends and working in the Secret Garden. But Colin starts out in an even tougher position than Mary did since he knew his father cannot stand to look at him and he also believed that he cannot walk and will not survive to adulthood. As Colin grew to love the Secret Garden, he believed more and more that he can walk and that people had been wrong about his illness all along. Still, Colin wants to keep his health and happiness a secret until he was ready for telling his progress to his distant dad. The only people who knew about Colins amazing recovery as it were happening were his immediate circle of friends, Mary, Dickon, and Ben Weatherstaff. e Resolution Mr. Archibald Craven came to Misselthwaite Manor in Chapter 27, the last chapter of The Secret Garden. He arrived home because he had a dream in which his dead wife, Lilias, had told him to return to their garden, and he received a letter from Mrs. Sowerby, Dickons mother, saying that he would see something of value to him if he comes back home. Archibald found out his son walking in the garden, looked not only healthy but also exactly like his mother. And Archibald was very happy: The fact that his son was whole again came as a complete but also pleasant surprised. Colin took his father on a tour of the Secret Garden, and alls right with the Craven family again.

4.1.3 Character