The Secret Garden Lesson Plan

Why wasn’t Mary very sad or anxious after her parents passed away?

She had never spent much time with her parents, as her mother wanted nothing to do with her, so she never loved her mother. Therefore, she didn’t miss her mother. Because Mary had spent so much time alone with servants catering to her every whim, she was quite self-centered and thought entirely about herself, rather than mourning the people who had died. And due to Mary’s young age and the fact that she’d always been taken care of, it didn’t occur to her to worry about what would happen to her—she simply assumed she’d continue to have her needs taken care of. She hoped the new people who were to care for...