THE BIZARRE CHILD–PARENT RELATIONSHIP IN WATCH AND WARD BY HENRY JAMES

Henry james, who lived in 1900s, is one of the distinctive authors in american literature. watch and ward the author’s first attempt to write novel, remains unsuccessful and tribulation for james and the novel is not regarded as his first novel by both the author himself and the critics. the novel starts with adopting a st. louisian twelve-year-old girl nora lambert whose father suicides because of not taking money he asks from roger. all nora's training and education is related to how to be a good wife. in this context, some critics suppose that their connection with each other is immoral and far from ethics. here, in this study, the relationship between child and parent will be discussed.