Raymond's Run Short Story

The stories “Raymond’s Run” and “Everything Will Be Okay” may sound very different at first glance. One is about a boy who finds a cat and wants to keep it for his own. The other is about a girl who calls herself “Miss Quicksilver.” just because she is a fast runner. But if you look closely you may notice that they share a common theme, The importance of being yourself. The story “Raymond’s run” teaches us that we have to be our ourselves throughout the whole story. It shows this when Squeaky says “You’d think she’d be glad her daughter ain’t out there prancing around a Maypole getting the new clothes all dirty and sweaty and trying to act like a fairy or a flower…” This shows that she wants her mom to know she doesn’t want to be like everyone else. Squeaky is proud to be who she is. “When you should be trying to be yourself.” also proves that squeaky is

He doesn’t know if he even is himself. He wants is father like him, but he doesn’t want to be like him. His dad also loves hunting and “Being a man.” But James doesn’t want to kill animals and just wants to be loved. He wants to decide for himself who he wants to be as a person. But James needs help doing so. It shows this when James says “I want to go because I want my father to like me. But I don’t want to kill animals.” This proves that he has a strong connection with himself he just doesn’t show it because he doesn’t want people to think he is weird, especially his two older brothers. He shows how he learns to be himself in the end when he states “I will not work for Dr. Milk. I will not go hunting with my father. I will decide for myself what kind of boy I am, what kind of man I will become. This shows how he finally learns that just because he wants him father to like him doesn’t mean he can’t be himself. He now knows who he wants to be and the only thing that matters is doing what he