The two parents cheated to their new spouses which led to Mrs Farange having an affair with Claude. After Maisie’s parents divorced, they went ahead and remarried again without even considering the effect it had to their child. Relationship between the Quote and the Rest of the TextThroughout the text book, this quote is significant because there are many circumstances with unique things that can not be found even in the society today. Moddle made this statement also has a parable in which she meant that the character with Maisie parents can not be found elsewhere (James, 2013). The parents made Maisie suffer and it is more difficulty for a parent to inflict suffering to his or her own child. Maisie parents also were frivolous and immoral, and they used her to intensify the hatred they had for each other. Moddle was telling the child that she can not find another pair like her own in order for the child to understand that she is better and unique than other people. Moddle was taking care of the child and had to protect her from developing psychological problems. The child had faced a lot of suffering by having the parents divorced and being exchanged between the two parents. Moddle was responding to the child’s question about the legs. When Maisie was with her father, she developed body structure problems. Maisie parents (Beale and Ida Farange) had divorced, and the court ruled that each parent will spend six month of the year with the child. As the child was at the garden she kept on looking on his legs and comparing to other children. Quotation AnalysisModdle was the nurse who took care of the child and had to provide both psychological and materials support. Moddle made this statement in order to comfort and help her develop a sense of living.
Moddle had to tell the child that he can not find another pair like his because people are different. The child had thick legs that she kept on wondering if they were toothpick. Moddle was the nurse who took care of Maisie. The quote is available in chapter one of the book. What Maisie Knew By Henry James What Maisie Knew by Henry James Quotation In the book, “What Maisie knew” written by Henry James, the quote, “Oh my dear, you’ll not find such another pair as your own” (James, 2013) is a statement which was made by Moddle.
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