Summary Of Raymond's Run

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 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.

She even admits that she calls Raymond her “little brother” (14) even though he is bigger and older. There are “a lot of smart mouths [that] got lots to say about [Raymond’s mental disability]” (14), yet Squeaky still sticks up for him. This quote demonstrates that Squeaky really cares for Raymond, even being motherly. Thinking of one’s older brother as younger implies that she cares about him a lot. Also, when Mary Louise Williams, a bully, teases Raymond, Squeaky replies, “You got anything to say to my brother, you say it to me, Mary Louise Williams of Raggedy Town, Baltimore” (16). Despite Raymond being different than everybody else, Squeaky still protects and helps him when there are bullies, something only a kind caring sister would do. When Squeaky noticed Raymond running towards her, she thought, “I can always retire as a runner and begin a whole new career as a coach” (19). She stands up for her even though he’s “not quite right” (14). The fact that she is willing to stop running, which she has done her whole life, to coach Raymond expresses that Squeaky really cares for Raymond and wants him to have a good

In the story “Raymond’s Run”, a young girl nicknamed Squeaky has to take care of her older brother, Raymond, who has a disability. Squeaky does not mind taking care of Raymond, as long as he does not meddle with her running, which is Squeaky’s talent and hobby. Dissimilar to the majority of people and their hobbies, Squeaky takes running very seriously. Most days her parents make Squeaky take Raymond with her when she is training. At the park on May Day, Squeaky enters a 50-yard dash while Raymond good-naturedly waited behind a

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

Squeaky and her brother Raymond run down the roads of New York to prepare for Squeaky's next race. This gives the reader a chance to see Squeaky’s love for running and how it affects her life. Also, The author tries to tell the readers Squeaky is not afraid to show what she loves and why she loves it. Squeaky is running next her hysterical brother thinking to herself about how she loves running and how she hates when people pretend everything comes easily to them. Squeaky

In the story Raymond’s Run Squeaky is a very interesting person. For instance, she had a great passion for running, and was surprisingly good at it to. She was so good in the story she stated that “The big kids call me mercury because, I’m the swiftest thing in the neighborhood. ’Her passion went so far she would run while her mother was grocery shopping.

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

Squeaky loved to run. For example, she said ‘’I run. And as anybody can tell you I’m the fastest thing on two feet.’’ She practices ant time of day practicing her running. Squeaky also, practices her breathing . Squeaky came in first place every time she did a race. She doesn’t like to do much talking she rather knock you down. And run if she gets a chance. Squeaky also, does not like anyone messing with her brother Raymond. She said ‘’If anyone has anything to say to Raymond they have to come to me. Gretchen was Squeaky’s enimie . But , Gretchen didn’t do the talking her sidekicks did it for her. She thought she was gonna come in first place. But, squeaky knew that she wasn’t . They did the race and squeaky didn’t know who won , she thought

Squeaky loved to run. For example, she ran every day she ran with her mom while shopping she ran whenever she could. She was so good she stated that she had won every race since first grade. But this year she had a good competitor. Her competitor was Grecian she was a good runner but squeaky knew she could beat her because she trained every day. Gretion was the type that did not admit that she trained but she did she trained hard but squeaky did not care because when it all went down she knew she could win it. Once it became race time squeaky knew she had it in the bag her only competitor was Gretchen. As the gun fired the was off she look over to her left and seen Raymond keeping up but barley then she looked to her left and seen Gretchen

Hazel Elizabeth Deborah Parker, also known as Squeaky, exemplifies determination to succeed through hardships, exhibits great confidence in her running talent, and she illustrates her impulse to protect Raymond. Squeaky displays determination, for she practices anytime anywhere. Squeaky’s mother expresses embarrassment, for Squeaky high prances down 34th Street, showing that she doesn’t care about other people’s judgements, and does whatever requires her to achieve excellence. Squeaky also runs in the morning, and whenever she takes a stroll, she practices her breathing exercises to further advance her talent. To declare success was Squeaky’s only objective. (#9 begin with an infinitive as the subject) Not to mention, she sacrificed many hours to improve on her running ability.

Towards the end of the story Squeaky saw how Raymond was mocking her as she was getting ready to run her event in the race. When Squeaky had realized what Raymond was doing she had decided that she could help Raymond become a better runner. Raymond was as good at running as she was. She saw that Raymond was just as fast as she was. In the

Well guess what further along in the story, Squeaky makes a dynamic change. Although she judges her brother and Gretchen, she realized she was wrong. Squeaky thought Gretchen disliked her, and was mean, because of an incident she had with Gretchen and her friends

Not just in running. Squeaky has a hard time living with many problems in her life-- from having an enemy who competes against her in running--to a bigger problem that she cannot solve on her own: having to care for a brother that is mentally disabled. Squeaky needs to balance out her life by trying to act normal and hiding the sadness that she has from her mother acting like she is “somebody else’s crazy child”. She tries to hide from the sadness of having a mentally disabled brother; hide from the sadness that people try to hurt her brother; Hide from the sadness that Gretchen is really mean to her and taking Squeaky’s friends away from her. Squeaky balances out her life by running because running is very powerful for her. It takes away all the thoughts about the bad events in her life. She can finally do something that she likes--she can finally enjoy a feeling of happiness while the cool breeze tickles her face and she hears nothing but the “crunch as [she] zooms over the gravel.” Squeaky uses this belief in herself whenever she comes across problems. She feels strong and brave when she runs. Even though her mother might be disappointed that Squeaky does not wear a “white organdy dress” she is not scared to show people who she is. She does this because she is not a “strawberry” but a runner. As Mark Twain once said, “A man