How would you react if you knew someone being bullied? In this short story “Raymond’s Run” by Toni Cade Bambara the author is trying to tell us to stand up for what’s right. He shows this through the characters. These girls always make fun of the main characters brother and she stands up for him. She shows that these girls are not the only people that words matter. It is hard enough to stand up for what’s right but when it is the most popular girls in school that’s something else.
The author shows you should stand up for what’s right through the characters. Toni makes the mom and dad trust the daughter by giving her the responsibility of taking care of her older brother, but the brother is not all that normal. This gives the opportunity for some girls at her school make fun of him. They either call him names or embarrass him. She does the right thing and tells them off.
After a big race that the city had, all of the main characters strength really paid off. The girls that made fun of the main characters brother finally respected them. Not only did they respect them but the main character found out that her brother was a lot like her. This was because they were around each other so much. She did the right thing and it all paid off.
Good things happen when you do what is right and the author shows this through the characters in this story. Even though the girl was making fun of her brother, she knew that he was just another person. In the end there was respect between them. We are all different some more than others. Could you imagine how hard it would be to stand up to a girl like that? How would you react if your brother was always being made fun of?
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