In "Raymond's Run", the narrator of the story is Hazel, and the whole story is seen through her eyes. In the beginning of the story, the reader finds out that Hazel looks after her older brother with a mental disorder. She does not mind looking after her brother, and she is also really protective of him because many people like to make fun of him and he also gets himself in trouble. Hazel's protectiveness of her brother can be seen when Hazel says, "If anybody has anything to say to Raymond, anything about his big head, they have to come by me". She is also a very boastful little girl, especially when it comes to her running, she thinks that no one can even come close to her running speed. Her boastfulness can bee seen in the third paragraph when she says, "There is no track meet that I don't win the first place medal". As the story moves along, Hazel bumps into a gang of girls that she does not really like and confronts them. She especially does not like Gretchen because Gretchen is Hazel's main competitor. Then a transition occurs when Raymond is calling Hazel and "rattling the fence like a gorilla in a cage". She realizes that she already has a lot of
In "Raymond's Run", the narrator of the story is Hazel, and the whole story is seen through her eyes. In the beginning of the story, the reader finds out that Hazel looks after her older brother with a mental disorder. She does not mind looking after her brother, and she is also really protective of him because many people like to make fun of him and he also gets himself in trouble. Hazel's protectiveness of her brother can be seen when Hazel says, "If anybody has anything to say to Raymond, anything about his big head, they have to come by me". She is also a very boastful little girl, especially when it comes to her running, she thinks that no one can even come close to her running speed. Her boastfulness can bee seen in the third paragraph when she says, "There is no track meet that I don't win the first place medal". As the story moves along, Hazel bumps into a gang of girls that she does not really like and confronts them. She especially does not like Gretchen because Gretchen is Hazel's main competitor. Then a transition occurs when Raymond is calling Hazel and "rattling the fence like a gorilla in a cage". She realizes that she already has a lot of