Raymond's Run

Title: Raymond's Run

Author: Tony Cade Bambara

Character: Squeaky, Raymond, Hazel, Gretchen and George.

Setting: May Day races

A.- Summarize the events. (Write the plot in a cause effect sequence)

*Squeaky had to take care of her older brother, Raymond because he had brain problems. And because of that, peolple at school made fun of him. Squeaky fought with the ones who bothered her brother. She was very fast, and when she was in big troubles, she run away . Squeaky was known because she was very fast. Gretchen, one of her classmates, wanted to beat her, so Gretchen signed into the May Day races. She said that she was going to beat Squeaky, and Squeaky was vey mad. She signed into the race as every year. The day of the race, Squeaky was very mad when she saw Gretchen, but she forgot about it when she saw that Raymond was going to compete with her and Gretchen. At the end, Squeaky was the first one to cross the finish line, and she was very happy, and felt very proud of her brother.

B.- Explain the conflict and the attitute toward disabled people presented in the story.

*In this story, people stare at Raymond as if he was a freak. They make fun of him, and they don't respect him. They take advantage that Raymond can't do anything, and they bother him. The other kids were very rude, and they didn't know how to be nice to him, maybe it was because nobody taught them that they were wrong or that nobody care that they laugh about Raymond, and that was even worst than making fun of him.