Grayer Addison X The Description of the Characters of Annie Braddock the Nanny, Mrs. X, and Grayer Addison X
The inharmonious relationship between Mrs. X and Grayer can be seen from her habit that she does not give any attention to her own son. Even Mrs. X
does not let Grayer touch her after her absence all day long. It is already her habit to go outside along the day and go back home until late night. She absolutely does
not care about the development of her son. Even she also does not feel that Grayer really misses her and wants to have a hug once a day Kraus McLaughlin 119.
The other proof is that Mrs. X wants to keep her glamorous lifestyle while avoiding her responsibilities in taking care and educating her son. It can be seen
from Annie’s attitudes after Mrs. X fires her. Annie is the only person who takes care of Grayer from he wakes up in the early morning until he falls asleep in the
night. Furthermore Mrs. X never takes care of her son, so that Annie hands over all Mrs. X’s responsibility as a mother for Grayer.
“I really want to know-just where do you get the balls to ask a perfect stranger to be a surrogate mother to your kid?”
“And you don’t have a job” “What do you do all day?”
“Well, you keep right on plugging away there, lady-the world can hardly wait to hear how your innovations are going to launch us right into the
twenty-first century with a discovery so fantastic that you can’t spare a moment to give your son a hug.”
Kraus McLaughlin 303
It is Annie’s recording containing the criticisms of Mrs. X for being a terrible
mother for Grayer, after Mrs. X fires Annie. It shows that Annie is very dissapointed with the attitudes of Mrs. X as Grayer’s mother. Annie thinks that
Mrs. X has something more important to do than any other businesses which need her attentions, such as giving attentions to her son and managing her house more
carefully.
The inharmonious relationship between Mrs. X and Grayer Addison X have three characteristics. First, their relationship is lack of communication. The
second is too much control from the mother. The third is considering a child as a marital status only.