In the poem "Garden of My Childhood, the author’s childhood garden is a metaphor for his home country, China. With great sorrow, Chang has to leave the garden of his childhood, that is to say, China, and flee to another country (America). Therefore, the central team of the poem is exile, and Chang’s feelings about leaving his home and his new life.
In the poem, Kuangchi Chang talks about his experiences leaving China, as China changed rapidly and was transformed into a communist country. The author describes his native country as a "garden," the garden where he spent his childhood. This metaphor conveys the central theme of the poem, which is the longing that Chang experienced when he had to leave the country of his childhood.
Christianity in the middle ages dominated the lives of both peasants and the nobility. Religious institutors including the Church and the monasteries became wealthy and influential given the fact that the state allocated a significant budget for religious activities.
The glorious revolution of 1688 in Britain had given more
power to the House of Commons in parliament and to King William II and
Queen Mary II. The combination of the power from the parliament and the King and
Queen made the platforms of the government more credible and reliable.
