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Squeaky is a proud sister, she’s sassy, she is protective and takes care of her brother Raymond in the book Raymond’s Run by Toni Cade Bambara. Squeaky is proud of Raymond because after she finishes the race, he comes running to her, showing he keeps up with his sister and she realizes he is a very fine runner. She takes care of him because she is the one looking after him taking him out and helping him. She does love him and takes care of him because when Mary Louise Williams asks a question to Raymond, Squeaky chimes in to tell her if she has something to tell Raymond, they will have to tell it to Squeaky first. She is also sassy when Mary Louise asks a question.

Why is Squeaky a proud sister? When Squeaky was running the 50-meter dash, Raymond was running also. As she was thinking about how he was running with her, she felt proud and excited for him. "'And by the time comes over I’m jumping up and down so glad to see him, my brother Raymond, a great runner in the family tradition."' This shows she is proud of him and she realizes he is a great runner. She looks back on how Raymond "'always keeps up with me on my trots,"' and how he "'knows how to breathe in counts of seven."' and figures out he is "'a very fine runner"' and she …show more content…

She also gets protective because she is the one to take care of Raymond. When Gretchen asks “‘What grade you in now, Raymond?’" Squeaky’s protective instincts kick in because she doesn’t like Gretchen and she retorts “‘You got anything to say to my brother, you say it to me, Mary Louise Williams of Raggedy Town, Baltimore.’” In this sentence, you can hear how sassy she was being. She didn’t want Raymond to be made fun of, so she stopped the conversation. She knows if something happened to Raymond, she would get in trouble because she is the one who takes care of him and protects him so she put an end to

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