The Novel, Raney, Wrote By Clyde Edgergton Took Place In Listre, North Carolina

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Term Paper Title	The Novel, Raney, Wrote By Clyde Edgergton Took Place In Listre, North Carolina
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     The novel, Raney, wrote by Clyde Edgergton took place in Listre, North Carolina around the mid- 70's. Raney is a novel about a Southern marriage between two totally different people. Throughout this novel one must look out for uncontrollable laughter as the two main characters, Raney and Charles, try to prove their points to one another. The three main characters of this novel are only two physical characters, but portray three separate personalities. The three personalities come from Raney at the beginning, Charles throughout the novel, and Raney at the end of the story.
     To begin with, you have Raney at the beginning of the novel. She is a small town girl who was very sheltered by her family growing up. Raney had only been out of Bethel once or twice her whole life. She has no desire to learn new things unless it's coming from her parents. Throughout the novel Raney expects Charles to drop all of his ideas and do things her way. For example, when Charles' mom comes up from Atlanta and wants them to try an Episcopal Church and Raney did not want to go. (64) In Raney's eyes the Free Will Baptist  Church is and will be the only church. Another issue Raney had a problem with is racism. The only way Raney had ever viewed black people was through her family's eyes in which they were considered niggers. This became a problem between her and Charles when she discovered one of his best friends from the service was a colored man named Johnny. When she realized this, there was no way Johnny was staying in her house. In Raney's head she has a picture of the way things are suppose to be and if they aren't, they are considered wrong. One example, is on their honeymoon she expects things to be the way her mom had told her. (20) Charles had already messed up when the bottle of champagne was wheeled in. Then things were suppose to be just like her mom had said, " go change into negligee, get in the bed, and let Charles carry out his duties". (22) Raney should have discussed her honeymoon with Charles rather than her mom since it was their night. Raney also has a problem with Charles drinking or for that matter, anyone. Her Uncle Nate is an alcoholic, but he always has been so she just lives with it. (11) As you can see, Raney's character at the beginning has a great influence on the issues described.
     Next, we can look at the characterization of Charles throughout the novel. For one, Charles bases a lot ...

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