Seedfolks | Themes and Characters
Just as the lone individual can do much harm in society, Cotton Mather says, the lone individual can also do much good, and this theme subtly dominates Seedfolks. Fleischman's message is gentle because the average participant in the gardening is drawn to it either by some strength or need in his or her own background and character or by some personal ambition that the American freedoms encourage. Only one character sees in the gardening a model for the world, and the soapbox that he makes is for an unnamed little girl to stand on while reading her winning essay on how to give the...
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