{"id":2111,"date":"2020-04-26T20:52:39","date_gmt":"2020-04-26T20:52:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dislit2020.chris-foss.net\/blog\/?p=2111"},"modified":"2020-04-26T20:52:39","modified_gmt":"2020-04-26T20:52:39","slug":"erins-major-project-the-secret-garden-storyboard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dislit2020.chris-foss.net\/blog\/uncategorized\/erins-major-project-the-secret-garden-storyboard\/","title":{"rendered":"Erin&#8217;s Major Project: The Secret Garden Storyboard"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EH2SC2omti4?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en&autohide=2&wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Word count: 530<br><br>Chapter 17 of The Secret Garden is what I consider the defining chapter of the novel\u2019s theme of disability and its treatment of it. In the beginning scene, Mary wakes up to hear Colin crying again at night. He\u2019s throwing a tantrum because he thinks he\u2019s found the lump on his spine that will turn him into a hunchback like his father and he will die. Mary\u2019s approach to calming him down is to scream right back at him, and when she looks on his back, she finds that the only lumps there are his bones sticking out. Everything is just dandy, and the nurse tells him that he\u2019ll be able to grow up as long as he goes out and gets fresh air. He decides he\u2019s going to go out with Mary and Dickon in the Garden, and later on the novel ends with both children, once spoiled and angry, living happily at Misselthwaite! Yay, right?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This scene\u2019s approach to potential disability is abhorrent (in my opinion at least), but it is very telling of the author\u2019s opinion on disability in children: kids who are supposedly disabled are only overreacting. There\u2019s actually nothing wrong with them at all! All they need is some fresh air and good meals, and they\u2019ll function like any other child. Maybe some love from adults in their life too, as both Mary and Colin were neglected by their parents. Mary was the first to transform and be \u201ccured\u201d this way. She even says so herself in the scene. She used to be like Colin until she came to Misselthwaite Manor and \u201cgot fatter.\u201d Once she\u2019d started going outside, eating more, and making friends with people like Dickon and Martha, she was a perfectly normal child. Now it\u2019s Colin\u2019s turn to be \u201ccured\u201d of his illness, so that he can be normal like her and not throw as many tantrums.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The movies often don\u2019t hold true to the scene in the book. Out of the multiple I watched, the closest to the dialogue of the scene was in the 1993 adaptation, but much of it was still changed. Judging from the trailer, I doubt the 2020 adaptation will be any better. Therefore, my goal for this project was to create a more accurate portrayal of the scene (though I realized I missed a bit of dialogue after I had finished editing the video, sorry about that). I drew all the panels myself, and edited in voice acting (none of us are pros so be easy on us there), sound effects, and music for ambiance.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Secret Garden was one of my favorite books when I was little, and I still enjoy it despite the new view I have on the novel. I wanted to keep the seemingly uplifting atmosphere the scene has when Colin discovers he\u2019s not sick at all, despite my disagreement with what is being implied. Because despite how bad it sounds \u2014 Children aren\u2019t disabled; they just need fresh air and food \u2014 the author still portrays it in a positive light. I wanted to keep it as accurate to the book as possible whether or not I agreed with what was being said.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Word count: 530 Chapter 17 of The Secret Garden is what I consider the defining chapter of the novel\u2019s theme of disability and its treatment of it. In the beginning scene, Mary wakes up to hear Colin crying again at night. He\u2019s throwing a tantrum because he thinks he\u2019s found the lump on his spine &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dislit2020.chris-foss.net\/blog\/uncategorized\/erins-major-project-the-secret-garden-storyboard\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Erin&#8217;s Major Project: The Secret Garden Storyboard&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":115,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[63,60,234,139,200],"class_list":["post-2111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-major-paper-project","tag-major-project","tag-storyboard","tag-the-secret-garden","tag-visual-art"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcJhts-y3","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dislit2020.chris-foss.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dislit2020.chris-foss.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dislit2020.chris-foss.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dislit2020.chris-foss.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/115"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dislit2020.chris-foss.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2111"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.dislit2020.chris-foss.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2111\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2112,"href":"https:\/\/www.dislit2020.chris-foss.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2111\/revisions\/2112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dislit2020.chris-foss.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dislit2020.chris-foss.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dislit2020.chris-foss.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}