The main characters in this book are mostly lonely. Archibald Craven had found love and was initially happy until the accident in the garden happens, and his wife dies. He is then seen constantly on a journey. It is as if he’s afraid of staying in his house. Most of the doors at the manor are locked like memories are being hidden. People who have had physical relations with Mr. Craven confirm that there is a gloomy aura he emanates. He is a lonesome man.
Mary Lennox, who comes off as a rotten and difficult child, did not have parental love. She was born to a mother who was more interested in attending parties and conversing with other people than parenting. This leaves Mary constantly alone with her Ayah, who is a personal maid. As a young child in India, she’s constantly sick with yellow skin; an ailment she shares with her father. Still, she’s left to navigate through life alone.
