Raymond is a solider who Mama has children with and eventually marries. His family members, who are light-skinned, are rude to Mama, and Raymond does not stand up to them, instead choosing to secretly marry Mama without telling his mother. Raymond dreams of being an independent farmer, but he finds no success. Raymond and Anne have a tense relationship that eventually causes Anne to leave home. This tense relationship begins when Anne grows into a young adult and Raymond starts to look at her with “wanting eyes.”
Raymond Quotes in Coming of Age in Mississippi
The Coming of Age in Mississippi quotes below are all either spoken by Raymond or refer to Raymond. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 9
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A Negro man had a hard road to travel when looking for employment. A Negro woman, however, could always go out and earn a dollar a day because whites always needed a cook, a baby-sitter, or someone to do housecleaning.
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Raymond Quotes in Coming of Age in Mississippi
The Coming of Age in Mississippi quotes below are all either spoken by Raymond or refer to Raymond. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 9
Quotes
A Negro man had a hard road to travel when looking for employment. A Negro woman, however, could always go out and earn a dollar a day because whites always needed a cook, a baby-sitter, or someone to do housecleaning.
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