What
was strange about the manner in which Mrs. Bramble addressed her son?
What did he feel about it?
What was strange about the manner in which Mrs. Bramble addressed her son? What did he feel about it?
There
is always something special in a relation of a child with his/her
mother, maybe pleasant or even repulsive. Sometimes it is undefined
and yet felt deeply.
Whenever
Harold called his mother, Mrs. Bramble would reply referring to
herself in the third person; she would say, “Yes, mother will
hear you, precious.” This jarred upon the child. He felt as if
she were addressing a baby, though he was one in reality, instead of
a young man of 10 who had taken the spelling and dictation prize last
term on his head. It is possible that the child always yearned for
some sort of a direct connexion. An assurance that only a direct
reference could prove, a connexion that could establish his relation
with his mother.
There is always something special in a relation of a child with his/her mother, maybe pleasant or even repulsive. Sometimes it is undefined and yet felt deeply.
Whenever Harold called his mother, Mrs. Bramble would reply referring to herself in the third person; she would say, “Yes, mother will hear you, precious.” This jarred upon the child. He felt as if she were addressing a baby, though he was one in reality, instead of a young man of 10 who had taken the spelling and dictation prize last term on his head. It is possible that the child always yearned for some sort of a direct connexion. An assurance that only a direct reference could prove, a connexion that could establish his relation with his mother.
