Question

"Some people could look at a mud-puddle and see an ocean with ships. But Nanny belongs to that other kind that loved to deal in scraps. Here Nanny had taken that biggest thing God ever made, the horizon--for no matter how far a person can go the horizon is still way beyond you--and pinched it in to such a little bit of a thing that she could tie about her granddaughter's neck tight enough to choke her." What does this mean?

Answer 1

This means that Nanny sees beyond what others sees.

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Nanny has foresight and knows how to surmount big challenges. She knows how to recreate and innovate with the available materials nature could provide.

Answer 2

It means that the perspective of an individual differs from one another. For example, where another person saw abundant opportunities in any given unsummontable problems, another individual would see only big problems with little opportunities that seems far from materialising.

For the Nanny to have taken the biggest thing god ever made, the horizon means that, she engaged herself in a pursuit that is unresolveable no matter the effort she puts into it, it would still be far from being resolved.

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