Squeaky In Raymond's Run

In the short story, “Raymond's Run” by Toni Cade Bambara, the protagonist, Squeaky is a young girl who is in charge of taking care of her handicapped brother. Everyone calls the protagonist Squeaky because of her squeaky voice, but her real name is Hazel Elizabeth Deborah. She lives in New York with her family, and spends most of her days taking care of her brother and running. She does seem to be that social so she usually just prefers to be independent, and stick to her brother as a friend. Even though she is only around eight years old she has made a big difference in the story. Squeaky proves to be an extremely memorable character because she is confident, protective, and most of all because she is a non-conformist. The first reason, why Squeaky is a memorable character is because she is confident. For instance, early in the story, Squeaky says,”There is no track meet I don’t win the first place medal.”Thus we can say, that Squeaky is very confident person. She believes that any time she is in a race she will win. This makes her a memorable character because she is numerously repeating how she is the best and she will always win and it takes confidence to say that …show more content…
When Squeaky says “I must rather just knock you down and take my chances even if I am a little girl with skinny arms and a Squeaky voice.” This evidence suggests that she a non-conformist because most people must rather talk about the problem, then fist fight. Clearly, throughout the short story squeaky has been a non-conformist in which makes her a memorable character. Although, other girls run they still like to get dressed up for the May Pole dancing, not Squeaky she could definitely live without it. She isn’t like the others and she is very unique and is anything but a girly girl. She constantly, reminds you how she doesn’t do the girly things and all she is interested in is running. Thus we can say that Squeaky is a