Raymod's Run Analysis

In the story it say that Raymond always keep up with Squeaky when she does her running. It also say that when Squeaky was getting ready for her race Raymond copied everything she did when she was getting ready. I support my answer at the end because Squeaky realize that her brother Raymond was a good runner just like

In the story Raymond’s Run, a girl nicknamed Squeaky talks about people in her life. Within this story, she talks about how she loves her brother for who he really is, but strongly dislikes people who are not honest about who they are. Squeaky knows what is truly important in life, which is being true to yourself. She does not care for what people think of her when she works hard to practice running. Squeaky also accepts her brother, Raymond, for who he is. One of her classmates, Cynthia Procter, works hard to accomplish tasks, but unlike Squeaky, she does not let people know that she is a determined worker. Squeaky is true to herself, and she should be.

The Conflict in the story “Raymond’s Run” is between a young girl named Squeaky who is very passionate about running and takes it very seriously and her principal Mr. Pearson. The conflict began when Squeaky went to get her pin number for the May Day Race. Before she got her pin number

In this story, the main character, squeaky shows us her independence in a variety of ways. In the beginning of the story, Squeaky acts tough when people talk to her and try to mess with Raymond. When people try to mess with Raymond she puts up a barrier and get all protective of Raymond. On the other hand, this can lead to Squeaky shutting the world out and giving off a different approach to people. In the middle, of the story Squeaky continues to act tough around people. But is rude when her running coach asks her to fail the race on purpose because she’s never lost. In the end, of the story Squeaky learns to embrace herself a little more and to change her approach on the problem. In addition, Squeeky changes her attitude and actually makes a friend when she smiles at Gretchen. On the other hand, Squeaky stops being so overprotective of Raymond s, Raymond can be his own person and not have Squeaky protect him all the time.

Also, in the story, “Raymond’s Run”, Squeaky and how she is open about her opinions, serious about running, and does allow other people to tell her what she has to be. One quote from “Raymond’s Run” that demonstrates the theme

When the race was over she saw her brother, Raymond excitedly running over to her and she was so happy to see him that it dawned on her that she didn’t even care if she won the race that she worked so hard to train for. “ I hear Raymond yanking at the fence to call me… remembering how he looks running with his arms down to his side and wind pulling his mouth back and his teeth showing and all… it occurred to me that Raymond would make a very fine runner. Doesn’t he always keep up with me on my trots? And he surely knows how to breathe in counts of seven’ cause he’s always doing it at the dinner table…” (Bambara 655). Squeaky is starting to notice that Raymond is a good runner and that winning makes her happy but seeing others like her brother Raymond makes her even happier. Squeaky is acting radiant. In addition, Squeaky shows more compassion to Gretchen. Squeaky and Gretchen don’t have the best history together but something changes towards the end of the race. “ And I look over at Gretchen… And I smile. ‘Cause she’s good, no doubt about it… maybe she’d like to help me coach Raymond; she obviously is serious about running, as any fool can see. She nods to congratulate me and then she smiles and I smile.”(Bambara 656). Gretchen and Squeaky have respect for each

In the short story, “Raymond's Run”, by Toni Cade Bambara the protagonist, Squeaky, is a young girl who is in charge of taking care of her handicapped brother . Squeaky’s real name is Hazel Elizabeth Deborah Parker and was nicknamed Squeaky because of her squeaky voice,she lives in New York City and loves to run! Squeaky proves to be an extremely memorable character because she is confident , a non-conformist , but mostly a very dedicated athlete.

“Raymond’s Run, a book by Toni Bambara,” is a book about Squeaky. Squeaky is the fastest thing around, until now. A new girl named Gretchen appears and she challenges Squeaky to a race, a race at the May day parade.

In the beginning of Ramones Run by Toni Cade Bambara. Squeaky didn’t like Gretchen, they didn’t have respect for each other. Squeaky and Raymond where walking down the street and they saw that Gretchen and her sidekicks where with her, but squeaky didn’t move for them so they all said mean things to each other. After the race was over the man on the speaker took a while to say who won, Squeaky and Gretchen both smiled at each other for the good race. After the race they started to respect each other, the way we know that is because they both smiled at each other. They started to like each other because they had things in common with each other like running, also squeaky said “maybe she’d like to help me couch Raymond.” Characters started to

In the story Raymond’s Run Squeaky is a very interesting person. For instance, she had a great passion for running, and was surprisingly good at it to. She was so good in the story she stated that “The big kids call me mercury because, I’m the swiftest thing in the neighborhood. ’Her passion went so far she would run while her mother was grocery shopping.

In the two stories ¨Raymond's Run¨ the impact of the theme of the story relates the lives of the main characters because in Raymond's Run Squeaky is against all the other people especially Gretchen and Rosie because they make fun of

Well guess what further along in the story, Squeaky makes a dynamic change. Although she judges her brother and Gretchen, she realized she was wrong. Squeaky thought Gretchen disliked her, and was mean, because of an incident she had with Gretchen and her friends

In the beginning of the story Squeaky never gave anyone a chance. She always had to win all of her races, she always and had to be the toughest person, “I always win cause I’m the best.” She says that because she never gave anyone a chance to try and win the races. Or it’s because she never trusted anyone. Also she wants to keep up her reputation for the fastest runner on the block. She also had to be the toughest person, “You got anything to say to my brother. You say it to me.” also “like I said i don;’t feature a whole lot of chit chat I much prefer to just knock you down from the jump and save everyone a whole lot of precious time.” She says that

Well it starts off that Squeaky is really good at running. And she has a race coming up. Then a girl makes fun of Raymond and Squeaky threatens the people that mess with Raymond because even though he’s older he needs help so Squeaky helps him. Then she starts getting cocky because she’s the fastest in her age group plus she won the race. Then she had a big secret that would ruin her reputation because her dad beat her so then she wouldn’t be the fastest anymore so she kept it a secret. and in the race raymond ran beside her and she started to teach him and she liked doing that a lot so she wanted to retire in it. At the end Squeaky comes in first and Gretchen “her friend” came in second and they congratulated each other.

Squeaky loved to run she had so much dedication in fact she practices like it was nobody’s business. She always won races but there was one person set out to beat her and her name was Gretchen. Gretchen was a pretty good runner and practiced to be even better. But aside from Gretchen and running squeaky has a brother named Raymond who wasn’t exactly as smart as everybody else but squeaky handled anyone who would even try to make fun of her brother. Squeaky is usually the one taking care of Raymond but if she can she likes to get in a nice run once in a while. Near the end of the story a race happens with squeaky in 1st place and Gretchen in close 2nd squeaky then sees how very professional Gretchen ran and gained respect from her making the