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The Year Ten Kid/Jeremy Gainsborough
Barry Bagsley’s mom takes Ishmael totally by surprise when he sees her at the end of school event: she’s beautiful, and she looks kind and engaged with her son’s life. In all ways, she’s nothing like Ishmael expected her to be (cruel, disaffected, or even nonexistent). Seeing her and how normal and nice she looks is part of the reason Ishmael chooses not to humiliate Barry during his prayer reading.
Mrs. Bagsley Quotes in Don’t Call Me Ishmael
The Don’t Call Me Ishmael quotes below are all either spoken by Mrs. Bagsley or refer to Mrs. Bagsley. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 45
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I could tell she was asking if he was alright. It had to be Mrs. Bagsley, but it didn’t seem possible. It was hard enough imagining Barry Bagsley with a mother at all (surely he was thrown together in some dingy rat-infested laboratory) let alone one who looked…well…nice.
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Mrs. Bagsley Quotes in Don’t Call Me Ishmael
The Don’t Call Me Ishmael quotes below are all either spoken by Mrs. Bagsley or refer to Mrs. Bagsley. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 45
Quotes
I could tell she was asking if he was alright. It had to be Mrs. Bagsley, but it didn’t seem possible. It was hard enough imagining Barry Bagsley with a mother at all (surely he was thrown together in some dingy rat-infested laboratory) let alone one who looked…well…nice.
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