The conflict of “Raymond’s Run” is between Squeaky, who is the fastest runner in her Harlem neighborhood, and Mr. Pearson, the May Day race director. The conflict started when Mr. Pearson said “Wouldn’t it be a nice gesture if you were… to ahhh…” on page 552, and Squeaky took this as offensive, she already knew what he was going to ask and that was to lose the race on purpose. Therefore, Mr. Pearson was being rude and Squeaky did not appreciate it, that is where the conflict comes in play because of the way Squeaky took the suggestion. In the middle of the conversation with Mr. Pearson, Squeaky had enough and thought to herself, “Grown-ups got a lot of nerve sometimes” then she walked away from Mr. Pearson and went to lay in the grass to get
