Raymond's Run Short Story

By the end of the story, as stated before, Squeaky has learned to appreciate the skills and talents of others. However, there are some people that she simply doesn’t like and doesn’t admire,

Squeaky used to win the first place medal in the twenty-yard dash. Nowadays she wins the Fifty-yard dash.squeaky says “There is no track meet that I don’t win the first medal.” The story pays most attention on squeaky and her running and track. But one thing they focus on is her brother Raymond, because he has a problem. The story tries to teach you that you should, pay attention in life and to others,instead of focusing on your hobbies or just focusing on one

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.

Because she saw Raymond running along the sidelines, something sparks inside of her. “Cause if I’ve lost this race, or if me and Gretchen tied… I can always retire as a runner… and coach with Raymond as my champ” (Bambara 111). Squeaky doesn’t care about her win anymore. She is thinking about Raymond’s potential as a runner. Her heart is growing fond at the thought of her brother following behind her footsteps. “My brother Raymond, a great runner in the family tradition” (Bambara 111). This shows that Squeaky is excited for her brother’s future. He is no longer the annoying ‘little’ brother he always was. Now, he is a person with the ability to run like she can. Finally, even after the man announces that Squeaky won, she looks over at Gretchen. There is no longer venom boiling between them. “And I smile. ‘Cause she’s good, no doubt about it. Maybe she’d like to help me coach Raymond” (Bambara 112). There is a newfound respect between the two girls. Gretchen even smiles back. The walls Squeaky spent so long building up are now crumbling down piece by piece as her mind

She normally goes on her walks to practice her breathing exercises and, “[keeps] Raymond on the inside of [her]...which is OK by [her] so long as he doesn’t run [her] over or interrupt [her] breathing exercises” (Bambara 2). When the race is finished, she decides that she is going to devote her attention to helping Raymond develop into a skilled runner. She decides she's going to “begin a whole new career as a coach with Raymond as my champion” (Bambara 6). From the beginning of the story to the end, she goes from thinking of herself as the main priority to recognizing that she has the capability to help others, and she is going to put her skills to use on Raymond. Finally, Squeaky learns to have respect for other girls. Squeaky believes that girls have the inability to be true friends with each other. When Gretchen smiles at her, she misinterprets it for a fake smile because, “girls never really smile at each other because they don’t know how and don’t want to know how and there’s probably no one to teach us how, cause grown-up girls don’t know either” (Bambara

In Toni Cade Bambara’s short story, “Raymond’s Run,” the author illustrates that Squeaky, the main character, transitions from a selfish runner to a helpful coach, showing that it's good to help others, especially when they can use the help for a task they're doing. In the beginning of the story,

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

In the story Squeaky tells us that “the big kids call me mercury cause i'm the swiftest thing in the neighborhood”(181). Squeaky is an extremely skilled runner, and she has been winning races since she was little. Not only do people know of her speed, but she likes to show off her training and exercises in public. There is a part in the book where her mom walks away from her on the street because Squeaky is practicing her running form. Another part of the book includes her working on breathing techniques while going down Broadway. Squeaky is very arrogant when it comes to her competition, knowing she will win. She is aware that she is the best and says it multiple times in the story. In the book Raymond's Run Squeaky is incredibly aplomb, not only in her running but in many areas of her

Squeaky has a special brother named Raymond who she has to take care of, which is her main and only chore. To prove the point, it is stated on page 24 by Squeaky, “All I have to do in life is mind my brother Raymond, which is enough.” The story mostly revolves around Squeaky in a first person view with Raymond not mentioned often during the a large chunk. This proves that the girl isn’t paying much attention to Raymond. If she weren’t so prideful of herself, Squeaky would probably have paid more attention to Raymond. Her pride can be shown on page 24 as Squeaky states, “There is no track meet that I don’t win first-place medal.” Since Squeaky knows that she usually wins, there is no chance of her losing. She doesn’t even give credit to the other members in track.

The first reason Squeaky loves running is that she practices almost every day. For example, the text tells the readers “ about to take a stroll down Broadway so I can practice my breathing exercise.” This example shows us that she is practicing for a track meet. Another example from the text is “I’m breathing in counts of seven, my lucky number.” This example shows us that her lucky number is seven and how she practices

In the story, “Raymond’s Run”, by, Toni Cade Bambara, the protagonist, Squeaky, is a young girl who takes care of her older brother, Raymond. Raymond has a disorder so that is why Squeaky takes care of him. Squeaky got her nickname by, having a squeaky voice. She also lives in New York City. Squeaky proves that she is a memorable character by being, protective, dedicated to running and mostly, confident.

meet the protagonist,Squeaky,who is in charge of taking care of her special needs brother,Raymond.But in the end she decides that shutting the world out might not be so great.Squeaky is so focused on protecting her brother that sometimes she doesn’t realize that she’s pushing people away.

Although Squeaky takes pride in her running, she often has to confront conflicts, such as being forced to be something she is not, which results in her experiencing emotional pain. This relates to the song “Believer” by Imagine Dragons when it says:

Squeaky was a good big little sister. She had to take care of her older brother Raymond because he wasn’t quite correct in the head. Therefore, Raymond wasn’t the smartest person in the world, but Squeaky didn’t play the radio about him. She would fight or stand up to anyone when it came down to her brother. Also she really wasn’t about that talking, she will just rather just go up to you and start the fight and end it at the same time. Anyways, if her brother disappeared or got into something that he wasn’t supposed to. Squeaky would be the one who got punished for his behavior because her parents directly told her. “Squeaky watch out for your brother”. But anyways, another thing Squeaky have on her mind 24/7 is track. She loves run. For that

Not just in running. Squeaky has a hard time living with many problems in her life-- from having an enemy who competes against her in running--to a bigger problem that she cannot solve on her own: having to care for a brother that is mentally disabled. Squeaky needs to balance out her life by trying to act normal and hiding the sadness that she has from her mother acting like she is “somebody else’s crazy child”. She tries to hide from the sadness of having a mentally disabled brother; hide from the sadness that people try to hurt her brother; Hide from the sadness that Gretchen is really mean to her and taking Squeaky’s friends away from her. Squeaky balances out her life by running because running is very powerful for her. It takes away all the thoughts about the bad events in her life. She can finally do something that she likes--she can finally enjoy a feeling of happiness while the cool breeze tickles her face and she hears nothing but the “crunch as [she] zooms over the gravel.” Squeaky uses this belief in herself whenever she comes across problems. She feels strong and brave when she runs. Even though her mother might be disappointed that Squeaky does not wear a “white organdy dress” she is not scared to show people who she is. She does this because she is not a “strawberry” but a runner. As Mark Twain once said, “A man