Essay On Raymond's Run By Langston Hughes

Raymond and Roger are two kids who never really fit in in their city communities. In the two writings "Thank You, Ma'am" by Langston Hughes and "Raymond's Run" by Toni Cade Bambara the two characters Raymond and Roger evolve as misfits all for the duration of the story through their actions, appearance, and what different characters say and feel in regards to them. Both novelists use characterization to create characters in the anecdotes as misfits. In my personal preference, I feel that author Langston Huges does a better job at this by portraying Raymond as a more developmentally delayed child compared to Roger who is not directly characterized as a problematic teen. This can be seen throughout my analysis of the story.
First and foremost,

Roger is a kid who is not well fed, well dressed, or well taken care of as you learn for the whole of the story. The novelist adds to the character Roger as a misfit through the character's actions and appearance in the narrative. "Thank you, Mam". “Um-hum!” Yours is dirty , I got a great mind to wash your face....”. From this quote on page number _ you can imply that he is neglected and extremely poor at home. “He looked as if he were fourteen or fifteen frail and willow wild…”. This quotation from the story shows that he isn't extremely well kept and is most likely ignored by his loved ones. He attempts to steal Mrs. Jones's purse forcefully. This shows that he is desperate and poverty-stricken enough to take what isn’t his. The author extends Roger as a maverick by using these methods all through the story.
Second of all, Raymond is a disabled child that does not fit into the crowd throughout the story.

The writer builds up the character Raymond as a misfit through his actions and what different characters say and feel about this character. Raymond has his own technique as he runs on the other side of the fence from where his sister is running. You can infer that he adores running alike his sister and wants to be like her one day even with his mental disability. People think and say Raymond a pumpkin head. He has no way to control this he has a development issue. “What grade you in now Raymond?” says Mary Louise Williams. Raymond has a low intellect as this quote by Mary shows and cannot comprehend when people are trying to make fun of him. The writer develops Raymond as a misfit in all these ways throughout the story.
To sum it all up, in my own inclination, I feel that essayist Langston Huges does a superior job at depicting Raymond as a more handicapped less fit in child when contrasted with Roger. Author Langston Hughs of “Thank you, M’am” advances Roger being a misfit through his actions and other characters feeling, yet novelist Toni Cade Bambara of “Raymond’s Run” develops the character Raymond through his appearance and action. I can connect to this because when the group of special kids came in our school to perform a few songs they were considered to be misfits throughout their lives alike

Raymond.