In The Secret Garden, how does the scene in which Colin repeatedly wishes for his health to improve contribute to the theme that health and mindset are related? O Colin is determined to be healthy, and it actually happens because he believes it is possible O Colin thinks that he will never be healthy again, so his health continues to worsen O Colin is surprised to find magical flowers in the garden that can improve his health, so he wishes on them O Colin believes that his friends can use magic to cure him, but then he realizes this is not true and falls ill.

colin is determined to be healthy, and it actually happens because he believes it is possible.

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It's "Colin is determined to be healthy, and it actually happens because he believes it is possible."

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themes and meanings

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there are two central themes in  the miracle worker: that the human spirit can triumph over even the most daunting of disabilities and that a dedicated teacher can transform the lives of those with whom he or she comes into contact. these inspirational themes have long been personified in the widely known true-life relationship between helen keller and annie sullivan, but  the miracle worker  also dramatizes collateral issues that extend beyond the particular case. underlying helen’s process of learning basic principles of what annie terms “obedience” (decorum, etiquette, and hygiene), there are more universal lessons of self-governance—the inculcation of self-restraint instead of willfulness, the development of self-discipline instead of self-indulgence. only when these lessons have been mastered can helen begin to acquire language—which, annie says, “is to the mind more than light is to the eye.”