Part I:
I think that many of the characters in The Secret Garden could be considered good role models. However, this is not until the garden changes their lives for the better. Colin Craven, the young disabled boy, is an extremely gloomy and depressed individual due to his circumstances; however, with the help of the garden and his interactions with Mary, he starts to become more optimistic about the future, and has a lot more fun.
Mary Lennox, though she is an incredibly selfish and self-absorbed character in the beginning, seems to take a dramatic change in her behavior as she gets to ...