Submitted by AyeBayBayGirlyy on October 8, 2007
In the short story “Raymond’s Run” by. Toni Cade Bambara, the main character is a twelve year old girl named Squeaky. Well, that’s her nick name. Her real name is Hazel Elizabeth Deborah Parker but, as you can see that’s a very long name. And as a matter of fact, she does have a squeaky voice. So, it fits perfectly. Now, there is something that you might want to know about this little girl. She has one huge ego. And I’m not joking. I believe that is the cause of the conflict in this story.
Her confidence in herself gets in the way of her ability to make friends and respect that someone else just might be better than her at something. I’m not saying that she’s perfect. And she...
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