Compare And Contrast Raymond's Run And Walk Two Moons

It might seem like “Raymond’s Run” and Walk Two Moons are totally different stories. One is about a girl dealing with modern day problems,and one is about a girl that has to take the journey of her lifetime. But, if you look a little closer, you’ll recognize that both stories actually share a similar theme. In both stories the authors teach us that if you push people away from you, you’ll never meet the real world. In the story “Raymond’s Run”, the protagonist Squeaky is always pushing others away from her. She thinks she is better than anyone else and is also very overprotective of her brother Raymond. She says she’d rather knock you down than go on talking . I suppose she does this because she thinks that people are out to get her and her

Throughout the book, the just assume people’s identities. They never met them, interacted with them, or even talked to them. For example, they just assumed the “lunatic” was mad as a hatter and that he was going to do something horribly terrifying to their mothers. They also assumed Mrs. Cadaver murdered her husband considering her last name. They never opened themselves up to meeting new people. They just pushed them away and didn’t take the time to get to know them. In the end of the story, the girls find out that those people weren’t bad after all. The “lunatic” turned out to Phoebe’s long-lost brother, and Mrs. Cadaver never murdered her husband,whereas he actually died in a car accident. Sal and Phoebe stopped pushing people away and realized that the world isn’t so bad after all. Again the lesson is clear : if you never accept anyone, you’ll never meet the real world. As you can see, both of these stories teach us that if you push people away. You’ll never meet the real world. “Raymond’s Run” is a shorter story so you learn the lesson more easily. In Walk Two Moons, you have to read the text and dig deep into the text to find what the book is really about. Trying not to push people away is a impenetrable lesson to learn. No one is perfect, and we could all gain better skills at accepting people for who they