Raymond and Fran Paragraph - unedited

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 in order for the audience to see Fran's decisions and his character in a negative way. Fran and Raymond may have believed a ps a cute couple as Amy talks about Fran bringing him to Amy's birthday dinner. Raymond is betrayed as a very lovable person in this brief description, "'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 jus being with him!'" p. 170. Although Raymond may sounded like a lovely person, he was rude and dark in his humour. "'Yeah!' Raymond said dryly, looking away as though bored with the company already. 'Hi'" p. 180. The author has sculpted the speech of Raymond to make him seem like a rude person in front of Fran's own company although seems as though he is kind to Fran. Due to some other dramatics of Amy's birthday, Fran and Raymond went downhill causing Fran to go through so much stress and making her have the ambition to kill him with a blunt bread knife, "Get out of here! Now. Or ill kill you. I promise you. I will! Ill kill you!" p. 192. Fortunately at this Fran was lucky enough to meet Daniel who stopped her from making the worst decision of her life, and later becomes her husband. "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. This shows Fran sticking up for her best friend Amy and to realize that Raymond was not good for her. Maureen McCarthy, the author of Chain of Hearts used Raymond's intriguing personality to reflect badly on Fran's decisions in life and on the character himself badly.

~Gabrielle Burey~

'Yr 10 English'

~10D/K2~