Describe the character of Raymond and the dynamic between him and Fran.
In the novel, Chain of Hearts by Maureen McCarthy, the character Raymond has an interesting personality built by the author. The Author has formed Raymond to create the audience see him and Fran's decisions in a negative way. Fran and Raymond may have been first believed as a cute couple when Fran talks about bringing him to Amy's birthday dinner to Amy. Fran says many good things about Raymond leaving the audience considering him a loveable and handsome guy. “His name is Raymond. You'll love him. He's the most wonderful guy!... He's my change my whole attitude. I'm learning heaps just being with him!" p. 170. Raymond is perfect, he is handsome, and an Artist and he really likes Fran. But, there is a twist, although Raymond may sound like a lovely person, he is betrayed as being a rude man to Fran’s friend, Amy and her family. "'Yeah!' Raymond said dryly, looking away as though bored with the company already. 'Hi'" p. 180. The author has used dialogue to make Raymond sound impolite and an offensive person in front of Fran's family, embarrassing her terribly. Due to some other dramatics, Fran and Raymond’s relationship went downhill. With so much stress and embarrassment, suddenly had the ambition to kill him with blunt bread knife, "Get out of here! Now. Or I’ll kill you. I promise you. I will! I’ll kill you!" p. 192. Fortunately, Fran met Daniel that night when he was preventing Fran from making the worst decision of her life. Daniel being much a better option for Fran, she ended up in marrying him and leaving Raymond. "Daniel saw that Fran was trying to climb across the table and repeat the action with more force. He ran over to her and began wrestling the knife from her grasp." p.192. Fran realises her poor decision to invite Raymond to Amy’s party and sticks up for her friend and her family due to Raymond’s rude behaviour. In the end, Amy and Fran reflect on that day for many reasons other than Raymond. The author of Chain of Hearts, Maureen McCarthy, created the character Raymond in a way that made the audience think badly of the character and Fran’s decisions.
~Gabrielle Burey~
'Yr 10 English'
~10D/K2~
You have done a great job and you have a clear and precise idea of what you are saying and you have great evidence to support your claims. However i think you should try and answer the question more than describe the relationship between Fran and Raymond because at the moment you are just summarizing the book. You also might want to make sure that your concluding sentence links back to your topic sentence or thesis statement. Also proof read your work as you have some sentences that need to be structured better and some do not make sense. But otherwise great job.
ReplyDeleteWell done in getting so much done. You have provided some very good points throughout your paragraph but I think you should read through and check your wording and there may have been some words that have been autocorrected wrongly such as "he is betrayed as being a rude man..." maybeit should have been, he is portrayed as being a rude man?
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