Raymond's Run Squeaky Analysis

Raymond’s Run is a short story written by Toni Bambara Cade in 1960. The story is about a girl named Hazel, and her brother Raymond who is “not quite right”. Hazel loves running and she is always first in competitions. She is always looking out for Raymond and takes him with her when she is practicing, and also to the May Day race where Raymond starts running in his own unique style which changes Hazel’s view on Raymond, herself and the people around her.

Raymond’s Run Essay In the short story, “Raymond’s Run,” by Toni Cade Bambara, the main theme is, “Don’t judge a book by it’s cover.” The main character, Squeaky, learns this theme throughout the story. The two characters that help Squeaky realize the main lesson are Squeaky’s enemy, Gretchen, and Squeaky's mentally disabled brother, Raymond. In the following paragraphs you will read about how Squeaky learn’s not to immediately assume that someone is terrible, mean, fake, or even useless and without purpose.

Besides Gretchen and Squeaky, Squeaky’s older brother Raymond proves to be talented as well. To me, it seems that he’s been learning from her without her notice. Squeaky is tasked with watching over Raymond, and she does so with some reluctance, and she states that she will, “as long as he doesn’t run me over or interrupt my breathing exercises,” on page 30. Squeaky doesn’t realize that Raymond is talented until the end of the story as well, and the little hints are revealed. “Doesn’t he always keep up with my trots?” she asks herself on page 37, “And he surely knows how to breathe in counts of seven.”

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

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

Another kid might crumble under the weight of looking after a brother who is “subject to fits of fantasy,” who falls off the curb and dashes into traffic after pigeons. But not Squeaky. She is Raymond’s biggest protector. Squeaky

Emotions and character traits such as confidence, being hard working... are what define us. Every day we experience millions of emotions. Based on what we say or do, it makes up other's people mind about us. It also shapes how they think about us and treat us. One character who is defined by her social emotions is the protagonist Hazel Elizabeth Deborah Parker, also known as Squeaky, from the story “Raymond’s Run”, by Toni Cade Bambara. Squeaky may be bossy, sassy… but she has to face many problems; one of these is defending and helping her mentally challenged brother, Raymond. Throughout the story, Squeaky feels like Raymond is an obstacle. However, when she competes in the big May Day race (she has a competition for the first time this year against her new rival, Gretchen), she sees some value

“Raymond’s Run” is a story by Toni Cade Bambara about an African-American girl known to all as Squeaky who lives in Harlem, New York. Her numerous character traits and values make her very unique and unlike most her age. In the story, Squeaky arrives to the park where the race that she will be participating in will take place. An example of one of her values is, “I squint at him real hard to see if he is seriously thinking that I should lose the race on purpose just to give someone else a break” Bambara (22). This quote shows how much Squeaky values pride and hard work. The example supports the idea of Squeaky’s uniqueness through her values because not many children of that age possess those traits.The character Squeaky from “Raymond’s Run”

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,

Around the world many kids have disabilities. In the story “Raymond’s Run” by Toni Cade Bambara, Squeaky’s older brother Raymond, has disabilities. Squeaky loves to run and has to take care of her disabled brother, Raymond. She runs with her brother tagging along behind her. People make fun of her brother, and at the end she wins the race.

In the short story “Raymond's Run” by Toni Cade, Squeaky Is the “spunky kid’. Squeaky is very spunky because, she does whatever makes her happy, and is not afraid to stand up for herself or anybody else. In the short story, it is shown that she does whatever makes her happy. Although running is not the most popular sport, and not many people do it, she still does it (1). This shows how she is spunky because she does not care what everyone else is doing, she just does what makes her happy. She also isn't afraid to stand up for herself, or anyone else. Not only is she not scared to stand up for herself, but for her brother. “You got anything to say to my brother, you say it to me, Mary Louise Williams of raggedy town, Baltimore” (3). This shows

Squeaky may be small and scrawny, but she can win any track meet. Compared to Gretchen, they both are similar in many ways. In “Raymond’s Run”, by Toni Cade Bambara, Gretchen and Squeaky fight their way to the finish line. Their differences may split them apart, but they both are similar in many ways.

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.

I believe that the reason why I think Raymond will be a runner like Squeaky is because that after the story ends, Squeaky will retire from racing so she can coach Raymond to run fast. My evidence for this is that in the story, after Squeaky saw how well Gretchen ran in the race, she says: “Maybe she’d like to help me coach Raymond.” This evidence shows that Squeaky is planning on helping Raymond by thinking that Gretchen could help her too. Another piece of evidence is in the climax when Squeaky first notices that Raymond was running really fast. When Squeaky noticed this, she was just amazed. So amazed that in the story she says: “I almost stop to watch my brother Raymond on his first run.” In conclusion, all of the evidence shows that Squeaky

In the story, Raymond's Run Squeaky only job on the universe was to take care of her little brother Raymond. But Squeaky had a passion for running in relays so while taking care her brother Raymond conditioned and when I say conditioned it seem like she ran for decades. Although she took time out to practice she made sure that she kept her eyes on Raymond. In the story, it sated she made sure while running he stayed on the inside of the sidewalk. The primary reason she liked running was to stay in shape and build her stamina up I swear you would never catch this young lady walking. Squeaky would run so much that that her mom would feel embarrass taking her to stores with the family. Then that's not the only bad thing about it she also