Hazel Deborah Parker Quotes

Filled with enraging power and full of confidence, Hazel Elizabeth Deborah Parker (also known as Squeaky), is a powerful young woman who cares for her brother, protecting him from bullies while focusing on her running career, which becomes our first impression of her. However she hides most of her true emotions inside, deep within her becoming a very close-minded person. Written by Toni Cade Bambara,” Raymond's Run” is a story which shows Hazel's change from the beginning to the end, showing how she changed as a person and how she resulted with her dark, depressed feelings that she never let on the outside, she never showed others. Her relationships with Gretchen, her family, and with bullies who tease Raymond, not caring about his feelings-- different on the outside than the inside. She shows different emotions--being confident, angry, and powerful on the outside, while she really is really depressed, annoyed, and emotional on the inside. The May Day Race is the next competition Hazel is determined to win one way or another. However, her nemesis, Gretchen has signed up too and they are now competing against each other. Hazel is working as hard as she can while she faces new challenges …show more content…
In this case, it is Raymond against Rosie and Gretchen, protecting him from the dangers in front. She uses the weaknesses in her life, and turns them into strengths that will protect everyone she wants to protect. As a result, her masking emotions can be used for not only verbal events against frenemies, she also uses these emotions to boost up her confidence against people she advises to not talk to. She picks up the broken pieces, and turns them into one beautiful picture-- in this case, it represents her confidence. The quote from Sia’s song ”Yeah, I win every single game-- I'm unstoppable today”, defines this