In the short story “Raymond’s Run” - By Toni Cade Bambara, protagonist Squeaky, is a young girl who is in charge of taking care of her handicap brother. Squeaky also keeps her title as the fastest runner. She always is making sure no one is doing anything ,or saying anything rude to her brother Raymond. While as a reader, I think Squeaky acts differently from the other girls. Squeaky also is a young black girl trying to always be the best at running and take care of herself and her brother Raymond. In the story Squeaky proves to be, an extremely memorable character, because she is confident, protective, and most of all because she is mature.
The first reason why Squeaky is a memorable character is because how confident she is. Early in the story, Squeaky says “There is no track meet I don’t win the …show more content…
Squeaky shows she is mature in the story ,because she explains how girls don’t really know how to smile because they are always doing fake smiles. Also on the same topic she states how grown-up girls don’t know how to smile either because nobody taught them. Specifically, in the beginning of the story Squeaky also shows that she is a mature character because of how much time and effort she puts into helping Raymond. But, still making the time for herself to do running. In addition, to that we can see how ,mature Squeaky is for her age. She shows how mature she really is, because it say in the story that “I’m too grown for that silliness.” Which shows that even with her young age she doesn’t want to play silly games on grown-ups ,or adults. Even though, she can always run the fastest to get away. Hence, this also shows how Squeaky is more mature than the other kids because she has to take care of Raymond and herself, and she makes the time to do her breathing exercises and run. Obviously, this evidence proves that she is mature because she chooses to give up messing around with the other
The first reason why Squeaky is a memorable character is because how confident she is. Early in the story, Squeaky says “There is no track meet I don’t win the …show more content…
Squeaky shows she is mature in the story ,because she explains how girls don’t really know how to smile because they are always doing fake smiles. Also on the same topic she states how grown-up girls don’t know how to smile either because nobody taught them. Specifically, in the beginning of the story Squeaky also shows that she is a mature character because of how much time and effort she puts into helping Raymond. But, still making the time for herself to do running. In addition, to that we can see how ,mature Squeaky is for her age. She shows how mature she really is, because it say in the story that “I’m too grown for that silliness.” Which shows that even with her young age she doesn’t want to play silly games on grown-ups ,or adults. Even though, she can always run the fastest to get away. Hence, this also shows how Squeaky is more mature than the other kids because she has to take care of Raymond and herself, and she makes the time to do her breathing exercises and run. Obviously, this evidence proves that she is mature because she chooses to give up messing around with the other