Squeaky Character Analysis

She prides herself at protecting her brother Raymond from other people and being self-confident. This is when she mentions, “… if anybody has anything to say to Raymond, anything to say about his big head, they have to come by me.”(Bambara 26). She takes dignity in herself, in being a very fast runner when she says, “And as anybody can tell you, I’m the fastest thing on two feet.” (Bambara 26). As you can see, Squeaky describes herself as someone who is genuine. When a specific task is difficult for her, she practices and studies. She is never ashamed of the arduous work she has to put in to be successful. Also, when she says, "Now some people like to act like things come easy to them, won’t let on that they practice. Not me” (Bambara 28). In more explanation, she describes herself who doesn’t take shame in showing who she really

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

Gretchen is the “mean girl” of the story, Squeaky stating that “...Gretchen who is, as far as [She’s] concerned, the only one talking in this ventriloquist-dummy routine”(Bambara, 26). Squeaky, on the other hand, seems to be the responsible one in the story, stating that “If anybody has something to say to Raymond...they have to come to [her]” (Bambara,23). Squeaky has to take care of her brother while Gretchen and her friends make fun of Raymond for his disability. Squeeky practices alone and lost her friend to Gretchen, while Gretchen makes Rosie and Mary Louise believe that she was going to win. Gretchen and Squeaky in the story seem to act as opposites, like a yin yang

In the story, “Raymond’s Run,” by Toni Bambara, Squeaky is the best of the best but is cocky about it and never lets the opportunity slip when talking to others. Squeaky has a big competition coming up against her biggest rival, Gretchen. Before the race starts Squeaky is determined to win. Although Squeaky is a driven runner, through the end of the 50-yard dash, she starts to realize that is isn’t all about her.

Raymond's Run is about a girl named Hazel. She is a small, thin girl who enjoys running and she has a squeaky, little voice that gave her the nickname, Squeaky. Squeaky has a brother named Raymond who has a disorder called Hydrocephalus that is caused by swelling in his brain, due to fluids. The disorder makes his head bigger than that of the average person and it causes Raymond act younger than he actually is, so Squeaky takes on the responsibility of protecting him. Squeaky is running in a 50 yard dash with a newcomer named Gretchen, who thinks that even though it’s her first year participating, she will win the race and beat Squeaky. The short story “The Dinner Party” revolves around a stereotype when the young girl tells the Colonel that women are done with the jumping-on-a-chair-at-the-sight-of-a-mouse era”. This causes the Colonel to say that women have not outgrown that, which then leads him to make a stereotypical remark about women. If the colonel in “The Dinner Party” had known or met Squeaky from “Raymond’s Run” he would not have made the remark about women because she proves the young girl´s statement that women are no longer as “fluttery”(Gardener, 167) as they were before, she also does

In the story "Raymond's Run," Squeaky is a young lady who is refining her qualities and identity. She is a determined young lady and will remain determined to accomplish the objective to be an extraordinary competitor and to at last beat Gretchen and win the up and coming race. Squeaky is exceptionally conceited all through the story; she figures out how to acknowledge an incentive in others as the story ends.

In the story Raymond’s run squeaky loves to run. Squeaky is training for the run that she has one for the last 4 years. And all the runners in it squeaky does not. Because she is competing with them .All the runners in it like to run just like squeaky. Every year they try and try and she don’t know that the runners are getting there felling’s hurt but squeaky don’t think nothing about it.Then the day comes race day. Squeaky wins it again and she realizes that Raymond was running right beside her on the other side of the fence and Gretchen right beside her huffing and puffing like a pro does then squeaky realizes that she don’t have to hate her competitors and that she can do whatever she wonts if she believes in herself. Then she thinks

Protagonist squeaky learned about her brother, Raymond more thoroughly and impacted his future. While running on the sides of the buildings and Harlem, she considers Raymond a pest because he needs help.”And sometimes after a rain he likes to step down off his tightrope right into the gutter and slosh around getting his shoes and cuffs wet. Then I get hit when I get

From dealing with Raymond, to fighting bullies. Squeaky lives life hard. She protects her inner feelings and hides them with outer feelings which are very harsh. In her reality, she thinks that she is a very self confident girl, who does not care what others think about her. However, in real life Squeaky can’t hide what she feels inside. Furthermore, she is a great person who is very caring and feels sadness. In the story, the author is trying to tell us that even the worst people in life have a good side to them. Running is what helps Squeaky get away from the problems she has in life. In life you can not hide what is really inside you. That is what the reader can really see throughout the story. So, the next time you encounter a mean person, just know they have a good

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

In “Raymond’s Run,” Squeaky is known to be independent and confident. In the beginning, she’s seen to not care what others think of her, and instead focuses on her running. However, she’s not truly herself until the end after she sees her brother running the race that she realizes she has to break down the wall she’s built around herself to become her real self and allow others to be like

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

In the beginning of the story, Hazel Elizabeth Deborah Parker, also known as Squeaky, loves to run. For example, Squeaky trots around the block with her brother and also does breathing exercises while walking to the store with her mom. Squeaky is a very confident girl and runner. She is also very brave. What I mean by that is Squeaky has only one job, to take care of her older brother Raymond. In order to do that she has to be very brave. For example, one day, while doing a breathing exercise, Gretchen and her sidekicks came up and one of Gretchen’s sidekicks made a comment on how big Raymond’s head is. Well Squeaky had to be brave and stand up for Raymond because Raymond is a little slow on things. Near the end there is a big race,

Squeaky said, “Maybe she’d like to help me coach Raymond; she obviously is serious about running, as any fool can see. And she nosd to congratulate me and then she smiles. And I smile. We stand there with the big smile of respect between us.

Squeaky is known as,”...Mercury…” (Bambara, 23), because she is the fastest person in the neighborhood. She leaves no mercy for other runners at any of her track meets. Maybe that is why Squeaky has no friends, she hangs out with no one but her brother the entire story. She has no time for friends either, she is determined to running. She practices everything from her breathing, to her running. She has been practicing for years, she even says,”[She] used to win the meter- yard dash when [she] was a little kid in kindergarten”