Squeaky In The Kite Runner

In the story Raymond’s Run, a girl nicknamed Squeaky talks about people in her life. Within this story, she talks about how she loves her brother for who he really is, but strongly dislikes people who are not honest about who they are. Squeaky knows what is truly important in life, which is being true to yourself. She does not care for what people think of her when she works hard to practice running. Squeaky also accepts her brother, Raymond, for who he is. One of her classmates, Cynthia Procter, works hard to accomplish tasks, but unlike Squeaky, she does not let people know that she is a determined worker. Squeaky is true to herself, and she should be.

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.

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

Raymond’s Run Character Essay In the story “Raymond’s Run” by Toni Cade Bambara, Squeaky, the protagonist, is a young girl who is in charge of taking care of her handicapped brother, Raymond. She will protect him and take charge of him if she senses danger. Squeaky proves to a memorable character as I read the story. She has proven to be memorable because she is confident, protective, and mostly because she is nonconformist.

“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”

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

Raymond is a young man who is mentally challenged and his little sister is a runner. The one job that his sister has to do is take care of him and watch. So one day Squeaky (Hazel) decided to enter the May Day Race so she could run the 50 yard dash and she noticed something about her brother that she never noticed before. What she noticed about her brother is that he may have his own special way of running but he’s also a really good runner. Then she thought to herself that’s how he kept up with her on her runs and that’s why I think Raymond would make a good

Although confidence is a good trait to have, too much may blind you from someone else’s talents. The main character of Raymond’s Run is a girl named Squeaky, which is her nickname, who is full of pride and has to take care of her “little” brother Raymond. Squeaky’s main goal in the story is to win the 50-yard dash. She has confidence and pride, but it bit too much of it. Throughout the story, Squeaky changes from an over-confident, narrow-minded girl to a more open-minded person.

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.

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

characteristics of The characteristics of Squeaky in the story “Raymond’s Run” is competitive, grouchy, protective, fast, observant. I can tell that squeaky is Competitive because in the story Squeaky says” I win cause i’m the best.” (Bambara,26)and to me that sounds cocky too. The reason I think she is grouchy is because she says in the story” I much rather knock you down and take my chances.” (Bambara, 23). The reason I think Squeaky is protective is because when Raymond and her are on the street Mary Louise just asked what grade Raymond is in and Squeaky freaked out on Mary because she thought that Mary was going to make fun of Raymond. The reason that I think she is fast is because she wins the race at the end of the story and she wins the race at the May Day festival every year. The reason that I think Squeaky is Observant is

In the story Raymond’s run I think Raymond would be a grate runner. Because he is always watching squeaky run and train. Then she states in the story that when she dose run Raymond can keep up with her easy. And if squeaky trains him then she can teach him everything she knows so he to can become a grate runner. So if squeaky teaches him and he is passionate abought running then he should be a grate runner.

When the race was over she saw her brother, Raymond excitedly running over to her and she was so happy to see him that it dawned on her that she didn’t even care if she won the race that she worked so hard to train for. “ I hear Raymond yanking at the fence to call me… remembering how he looks running with his arms down to his side and wind pulling his mouth back and his teeth showing and all… it occurred to me that Raymond would make a very fine runner. Doesn’t he always keep up with me on my trots? And he surely knows how to breathe in counts of seven’ cause he’s always doing it at the dinner table…” (Bambara 655). Squeaky is starting to notice that Raymond is a good runner and that winning makes her happy but seeing others like her brother Raymond makes her even happier. Squeaky is acting radiant. In addition, Squeaky shows more compassion to Gretchen. Squeaky and Gretchen don’t have the best history together but something changes towards the end of the race. “ And I look over at Gretchen… And I smile. ‘Cause she’s good, no doubt about it… maybe she’d like to help me coach Raymond; she obviously is serious about running, as any fool can see. She nods to congratulate me and then she smiles and I smile.”(Bambara 656). Gretchen and Squeaky have respect for each

Squeaky is Raymond’s sister. Raymond probably watched her run & learned how to do it. After all, She does watch after him. She is very protective of him. Not to mention will knock anyone down if they pick on him