Squeaky Character Analysis

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.

And the next word out of anybody, I’ll be their mother too.” This shows that Squeaky loves her brother and she would stand up to anybody to help him. I wonder if she loves him more than her running.

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

She is still the same person she was just a moment ago; snotty, mouthy, and disrespectful. She is shown to have no filter when she says things. Squeaky is referring back to Nursery School when her parents forced her to dress up. She absolutely despised it and thinks “I am not a strawberry. I do not dance on my toes. I run” (Bambara 108). She prides herself on being different from others but does it in a mouthy and unnecessary way. When Squeaky is receiving her pin number from Mr. Pearson, he calls her “Squeaky”. Her thought process is that if she can’t call him Beanstalk, he can’t call her squeaky. “Hazel Elizabeth Deborah Parker, I correct him and tell him to write it down on his board” (Bambara 109). This shows that Squeaky is snotty. She has no problem biting back against anyone and anything. After this, Mr. Pearson tells Squeaky about how Gretchen, her arch nemesis, will give her a “run for her money”, and he even lightly suggests that Squeaky should go easy on her. “I give him such a look that he couldn’t finish that idea into words” (Bambara 109). The fact that Mr. Pearson even nudges the idea of allowing someone else to win makes her offended and furious. Squeaky is even disrespectful towards adults. She is the same person as she was in the beginning and only shows that side of

Squeaky isn’t the only one with talent in this story. The conflict in the story comes from a new girl in town named Gretchen, who is determined to beat Squeaky in the May Day race. When it comes to the race, she actually proves to be quite talented. As Squeaky says, “‘Cause she’s good, no doubt about it.” Gretchen herself knows that she is talented. Squeaky doesn’t realize this until the end of the story.

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

Another common theme in this story is gender stereotypes, which Squeaky follows and believes, is that girls don’t necessarily get along with each other. In the story, the stereotype presented is that They fight with each other, sometimes alone, and sometimes in groups. That is why it is surprising that Squeaky learns to get along with the antagonist of the story, Gretchen, at the end of the story, as seen in the following quote. We stand there with this big smile of respect between us. It’s about as

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.

Squeaky narrates and uses interior monologue to describe her sad life. At the current point in time, she starts thinking about her mentally challenged brother, Raymond, and how she gets into a lot of fights. This is because they bully him and get away with it. Since Squeaky gets into a lot of fights, she is advantaged and disadvantaged at times. She manages to use her bravery to her advantage as she even advantages herself in times of disadvantage.

As she witnesses people trying to tease and bully Raymond because of his disability, she feels angry and is worried about her brother. Because of that she is caring of Raymond but protects him from others by fighting or threatening. Due to that event she collects the characteristics caring and aggressive. This quote shows how Raymond affected Squeaky when she became old enough to watch out for her brother, causing her to change greatly. She was kind and girly back then when her parents still dressed her up with fancy shoes and a white dress to dance at an annual event.

Squeaky cares about her brother, Raymond a lot and she protects him like a mother. Mary Louise comes with her friends to talk with squeaky, and she tells her how she is not fast. Then she tries to ask Raymond something, but Squeaky stops her. “ You got anything to say to my brother you say it to me, Mary Louise Williams of Raggedy Town, Baltimore.”(Bambara 3) This quote explains how much she cares and is very protective. Rosie tries to be mean and asks squeaky, if she was Raymond’s mother. “ Thats right fatso, And the next word out of anybody and I’ll be their mother too.”(Bambara 3) This explains how squeaky could do anything for her brother no matter what.

”Gretchen smiles, but it is not a smile, and I’m thinking that girls never really smile at each other because they don’t know how and don’t want to know how and there is probably no one to teach us how, cause grown up girls don’t know either.”(147-151)” I was once a strawberry in a Hansel and Gretel pageant when I was in nursery school, I was like a fool just to let my mom and dad come dressed up and clap. I am not a strawberry. I do not dance on my toes. I run.” This explains that Squeaky stands up for herself and says “No” to whatever she does not like. And does what she really want to do, like

Imagine you're a young girl competing with rude girls and they try and push you around and make fun of your brother. That’s exactly what happens to Squeaky a young girl and her older brother Raymond. One important lesson readers can learn from Toni Cade Bambara’s “Raymond’s Run is to put others before yourself. The story shows how squeaky sticks up for herself and it helps her stay calm and not flip out. “When Gretchen a mean girl” and her sidekicks Rosie and Mary Louise. They say that Squeaky isn’t going to win she’s going to lose. But then, Squeaky proves them wrong.

very highly compared to the other characters. But over the course of the events in the book her opinion slowly begins to change eventually having her view completely flipped around. This was mainly after the race when she almost lost to Gretchen, her rival. From that win she realized that not everyone is what they seem and that she should use that to help herself grow. Squeaky was mainly thinking about Raymond who she had before treated him to how he looked, a boy who wasn't quite right. Nevertheless she had still cared for him by watching Raymond and making she he didn't get into trouble.. But now he saw him and everyone else in a

She always several breathes which she claims is her favorite number. She used to be friends with a girl named Mary Louise who used to get beat up by everyone until Squeaky put her foot down only because their mothers used to sing together in the same choir when they were younger. Now she hangs out with a girl named Gretchen and talks behind Squeaky's back like a dog. Squeaky is so tough and brave hearted that she is willing to fight both Gretchen and Mary by her lonely.