Squeaky Character Analysis

And above all she wants to be the best at everything. These are all connected to being determined because she wants to do all this and she is dedicated into that. The first reason why Squeaky is determined is because she stands up for her brother Raymond. In the story it says “That’s right fatso.

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

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

Since she is serious about running, she practices a lot. And doing so makes her even more confident. At this point in the story, Squeaky is thinking of the new girl in town called Gretchen, Gretchen is going to give her a little competition this year. She is also thinking of the big race. She thinks about the race, and about Gretchen, the new girl, who is actually going to give her a little competition this year; that scares her a little, so she is trying to build up her own self-confidence. Squeaky shows confidence in this quote: “I’m the fastest thing on two feet. There is no track meet that I do not win the first place medal.” (p.26, lines 22-25). Squeaky thinks this because she wants to motivate herself and prove to herself that she is not afraid for the race. This quote also means that she has a reputation for being fast and knows that nobody can beat her. It really shows how she is confident in herself and that even though she might be scared a little because of Gretchen, she supports herself by thinking motivating, confident

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

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,