Squeaky Can T Fit In

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In the two stories ´´Raymond´s Run´´ and ´´All American Slurp´´ Squeaky and the Lin girl want something. They both want to fit in. The problem is they can't fit in and that´s because Squeaky can't have such a bad attitude and the Lin girl has to accept other cultures, and Squeaky is over confident and tough, the Lin girl doesn't feel like she fits in because she needs to accept other cultures besides hers. So, the impact would be that they can´t fit in for certain reasons.

Squeaky has a bad attitude and she can't control it, she can't because she has to protect and care for Raymond and in order to do so when people are being mean to him then she needs to stand up for him. She wants to fit in and have at least one true friend but no one wants

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