Read the excerpt from “Raymond's Run.” There is no track meet that I don’t win the first-place medal. I use to win the twenty-yard dash when I was a little kid in kindergarten. Nowadays, it’s the fifty-yard dash. And tomorrow I’m subject to run the quarter-meter relay all by myself and come in first, second, and third. The big kids call me Mercury ‘cause I’m the swiftest thing in the neighborhood. Squeaky’s description of herself in this passage shows readers that she has some self-doubt. admires the big kids. thinks very little of others. is very self-confident.

the words "slavery," "devils," and "murderer" evoke a sense of disgust.

boccaccio employs the voice of his narrator dioneo to represent his ideas on the tension between masculinity and femininity.  while dioneo excites the members of the brigata and recognizes women for their unique skills and independent ideas, he concludes the decameron with a story reminiscent of the society from which these young aristocrats escaped, revealing misogynistic overtones.  dioneo boccaccio is able to explore the gender disparity which is inherent in 14th century florentine society.

on apex:

removing american indians from the south is for their own good.