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Have you ever decided what you needed to change? In the text “Raymond’s Run” by Toni Cade Bambara the narrator changes as a result of conflicts. In the beginning the narrator shifts from being egocentric by only caring if she won the race, to not caring if she won at all, then she went from only minding her brother, to coaching him how to run, and lastly she went from disliking Gretchen to having respect for her.
There are many changes throughout this story, one of them is how Squeaky shifts from only talking about and only caring if she won the race and beating Gretchen. As a result she did not care at all and was just thinking about how Roman kept up with her and thinking about how great of a runner he is, can, and will be. This was said in paragraph 3 “There is no track meet that I don’t win the first place medal.” I used to win the twenty-yard dash when I was a little kid in kindergarten.” This is an example of 1 change in the story.
Another thing is that she watched her brother and was literally a part of him, but now she coaches him how to run. I know this because it says in Paragraph 240 “I can always retire as a runner and begin a whole new career as a coach with Raymond as my champion."And she isn't so worried about herself anymore. This shows how much she improved throughout the story and where she came from and where she is now. Considering that she only wanted to be the fastest and only cared if she won the May Day race. This is an example of 2 changes in the story.
Lastly, she went from heavily disliking Gretchen and absolutely despising her. You can hear by the way she talks about Gretchen and her friends in Paragraph 70-80. But going on towards the end after the race, she gained respect for Gretchen. And I know this because in paragraph 250 - 260 she said ”Maybe she’d like to help me coach Raymond; she obviously is serious about running, as any fool can see. And she nods to congratulate me and then she smiles. And I smile. We stand there with this big smile of respect between us. It’s about as real a smile as girls can do for each other, considering we don’t practice real smiling every day, you know, cause maybe we too busy being flowers or fairies or strawberries instead of something honest and worthy of respect . . . you know . . . like being people.” This shows that she changed many things just to resolve her conflicts. This is the 3rd change in the story.
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