Style

  In "Raymond's Run", Toni Cade Bambara, the author uses different kinds of styles, such as allusions, dialect, irony and imagery. The style that I am going to talk about are allutions and imagery. For instance, the other kids call Squeaky “Mercury” because she’s the swiftest. Mercury was the messenger of the gods and was considered the personification of speed. The teacher was an example, too. The kids call Mr. Pearson "Jack and the Beanstalk" because he is tall, clumsy, and stands out in the crowds. The imagery in the story appears in a way that deeply impresses me. Before the running race, Squeaky imagined that she was in a dream, flying over a sandy beach and kissing the leaves as she flied by. There is also the smell of apples and she used to think she was a choo-choo train. She became lighter and lighter as long as she was dreaming this. She then felt like she was a feather. The content is descriptive in not only the version but also the touch and sound. Studying the styles, I like the style that Toni Cade Bambara expressed, it is connotative, delineative, and ironic.