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Raymond's Run By Toni Cade Bambara

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Sometimes in life we get too uptight by protecting ourselves and the people we love because of events in life that made us that way. In “Raymond’s Run” by Toni Cade Bambara there is a girl named Squeaky and she has a tough time with making friends because of her running passion and her brother’s disability. Squeaky says, “But a lot of people call him my little brother cause he needs looking after cause his not quite right in the head.” In “Raymond’s Run”, Toni Cade Bambara teaches the reader that it's okay to open up and let your walls down. My reasons for this is that Squeaky doesn’t give anybody a chance and she can still have her head in the race but still have a friend to be a support system and a friend. In the beginning of the story, …show more content…

“And she nods to congratulate me and she smiles and then I smile. We stand there with this big smile of respect between us.” This quote shows that she did let her walls down a little and she liked it because sort of found a friend. “It’s about as real a smile as girls can do for each other, considering we don’t practice real smiling every day, you know, cause maybe we're too busy being flowers or fairies or strawberries instead of honest and worthy of respect … you know … like people.” This definitely shows her letting her walls down and she liked it because she and gretchen are like sisters just not know that they will be. Letting her walls down a little bit made her maybe find her first friend. In the end, In “Raymond’s Run” by Toni Cade Bambara teaches the reader that it's okay to open up and let your walls down. My reasons for this is that Squeaky doesn’t give anybody a chance but when you do it open a whole new door. This theme can really relate to anybody because everyone has a enemy, but they might change. From now on you will if you're to uptight or not giving people a chance try to be friends or a good person to because of the past or present, please give them a chance maybe they're not as bad as you

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