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“I’m the only one in the world who wants it to be alive.”
- Source
- The Secret Garden
- Date
- 1911
- Local voice
- Fictional character · Mary Lennox
Meaning of “I’m the only one in the world who…”
Mary’s desire to revive the neglected garden turns care into a purpose: she values the possibility of life before she knows whether the plants can recover.
Where does it come from?
The Secret Garden (1911), Chapter X, “Dickon.” Mary tells Dickon that this is a secret garden and that she is the only person who wants it to be alive. The sentence belongs to Mary Lennox’s fictional discovery/care plot rather than to Burnett speaking autobiographically.
Why the local voice matters
Mary speaks about the locked garden in The Secret Garden.
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