1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,520 This is MJ, I'm an author, I'm an artist, I'm an analyzer. 2 00:00:03,520 --> 00:00:05,480 Find all my work at MJMunoz.com. 3 00:00:05,480 --> 00:00:09,840 Prepare yourself for some off the cuff book talk as I tackle another middle grade book 4 00:00:09,840 --> 00:00:14,920 chapter by chapter. 5 00:00:14,920 --> 00:00:20,120 So the Secret Garden Chapter 5 ends up playing out kind of like a gothic horror. 6 00:00:20,120 --> 00:00:25,880 So at first we have this really interesting thing where Mary is really settled into and 7 00:00:25,880 --> 00:00:34,840 adapted to the more and misaligned manner and going out on the more she is like invigorated 8 00:00:34,840 --> 00:00:40,200 and she runs, she exercises, she ends up working up a healthy appetite and she ends up eating 9 00:00:40,200 --> 00:00:42,000 and liking her porridge. 10 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:46,680 She this is an interesting concept that if you change your body you'll change like if 11 00:00:46,680 --> 00:00:51,280 you change your body and change your health you will change like your actual mindset. 12 00:00:51,280 --> 00:00:56,040 There is stuff about how your gut actually controls a lot of what goes on in your brain, 13 00:00:56,040 --> 00:00:58,960 they call it the second brain because there are so many neural connections there I believe 14 00:00:58,960 --> 00:01:00,400 is the idea. 15 00:01:00,400 --> 00:01:06,160 Anyway it's interesting we see that as Mary begins acting more healthfully because in 16 00:01:06,160 --> 00:01:09,720 India apparently she would just like lay about in the warmth and not do anything and not 17 00:01:09,720 --> 00:01:13,040 play with anybody or anything or she would play with toys inside but that was about it 18 00:01:13,040 --> 00:01:20,880 but now she is active, she is moving her body, she is eating porridge healthfully and you 19 00:01:20,880 --> 00:01:25,160 know whatever dinners they give her I'm sure there is chicken and whatever. 20 00:01:25,160 --> 00:01:30,360 She is eating these things and she is like becoming active and spending all day outside, 21 00:01:30,360 --> 00:01:34,320 spending all day outside in the garden around nature, she is talking to Robin, it's talking 22 00:01:34,320 --> 00:01:42,000 to her you know as a kid would understand and she has like this transformation to her 23 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:48,720 body and that transforms her mindset and her heart and it opens her heart to being receptive 24 00:01:48,720 --> 00:01:58,400 to things, she is treating Martha with respect and Mary learned to love Mary and that's when 25 00:01:58,400 --> 00:01:59,400 everything changed. 26 00:01:59,400 --> 00:02:04,320 No she is treating Martha with respect and dignity and there is like a kinship growing 27 00:02:04,320 --> 00:02:08,640 between them and she has been seeking out the secret garden and she is tracing this 28 00:02:08,640 --> 00:02:14,160 wall and she can't find the door but she is confident that within this wall is the door 29 00:02:14,160 --> 00:02:20,520 and she knows if her uncle buried the key, uncle Graven, if he buried a key that must 30 00:02:20,520 --> 00:02:24,640 mean there was a door to open and anyway she begs and begs and Martha finally tells her 31 00:02:24,640 --> 00:02:31,360 what the story is and it's rather interesting, it's a little spooky maybe, I don't know, 32 00:02:31,360 --> 00:02:36,520 his wife dies, this garden, this is a wealth garden that he and his wife attended to themselves 33 00:02:36,520 --> 00:02:39,920 and didn't allow any of the servants in there, they would talk and read and she had this 34 00:02:39,920 --> 00:02:44,960 rose tree, this bent over tree that she would use as a seat and she had roses growing and 35 00:02:44,960 --> 00:02:49,560 hanging from there, like a strain there and she was sitting there one day, the branch 36 00:02:49,560 --> 00:02:55,280 broke and she fell and died, she became injured and then she eventually died, she didn't like 37 00:02:55,280 --> 00:02:58,800 break her neck and die right away, I think is the idea. 38 00:02:58,800 --> 00:03:03,200 It's a little unclear and it's also hearsay and Medlock told Martha that it's not servant's 39 00:03:03,200 --> 00:03:09,000 business and Graven as well said this isn't servant's business, whatever and yet she's 40 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:12,160 telling her because that's the reality of the situation anyway. 41 00:03:12,160 --> 00:03:17,640 So after hearing about this death of Graven's wife and how he receded and became so sad 42 00:03:17,640 --> 00:03:22,560 and had the garden shut up and everything like that, then she learns what blothering 43 00:03:22,560 --> 00:03:27,600 is, it's the wind blowing all around the house, etc. etc. making these strange noises coming 44 00:03:27,600 --> 00:03:32,880 off the moor and then she hears a wailing and it sounds like the voice of a child crying, 45 00:03:32,880 --> 00:03:36,800 the door opens up, the wailing picks up, the wind comes through their room that they're 46 00:03:36,800 --> 00:03:44,280 in, the door opens, it gets popped open, the candle blows out and sure enough the wind 47 00:03:44,280 --> 00:03:49,240 dies down, it stops blothering for a moment or two and she hears the clear cry of a child 48 00:03:49,240 --> 00:03:57,120 then the door is slammed shut from down the hall and Martha's insisting that it's nothing, 49 00:03:57,120 --> 00:04:01,640 it's no child, there's nobody, it's the wind, the wind can sound like a child but Mary's 50 00:04:01,640 --> 00:04:06,080 confident that that's not the case and it gets this horror type of vibe and it's really 51 00:04:06,080 --> 00:04:10,040 interesting because she's changed as a person, she's kind of transformed into who she needs 52 00:04:10,040 --> 00:04:14,600 to be in order to go on this journey and we've gone along with her and that's been interesting 53 00:04:14,600 --> 00:04:19,660 and now things can start, things can really begin, like I said she's gone through this 54 00:04:19,660 --> 00:04:26,760 transformation in order to turn not into our protagonist but into an active, positive, 55 00:04:26,760 --> 00:04:32,200 proactive maybe character who can now embark on figuring out what this mystery is and I 56 00:04:32,200 --> 00:04:34,240 find that to be really intriguing and I think that's really cool. 57 00:04:34,240 --> 00:04:38,400 Let me know what you think about Chapter 5 of Secret Garden or the book as a whole if 58 00:04:38,400 --> 00:04:41,160 you like. 59 00:04:41,160 --> 00:04:42,640 I hope you enjoyed that. 60 00:04:42,640 --> 00:04:45,760 Please remember to like, share, subscribe. 61 00:04:45,760 --> 00:04:49,280 I invite you to comment, ask questions and share your thoughts with me. 62 00:04:49,280 --> 00:04:52,040 It's always more fun when you're part of the conversation. 63 00:04:52,040 --> 00:04:55,520 Until next time, keep reading, be well and do good things. 64 00:04:55,520 --> 00:05:11,160 Visit 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