How are the characters of fortunado from "the cask of amontillado" and jim smiley from "the celebrated jumping frog of calaveras county" alike?
they are both betting men.
they are both deceived.
neither of them likes the carnival.
neither of them takes bets on frogs.

the answer:

in the first part of the story running is all that matters to squeaky. running gives her confidence and defines who she is. at the beginning of the story she says that other kids call her mercury because she runs very fast. in the text she refers to herself as "miss quicksilver".

the line that provides the best evidence that squeaky has self-confidence is

" and i continue with my breathing exercise, strolling down broadway toward the ice cream man on 145th with not a care in the world cause i am miss quicksilver herself".

honestly this is the biggest mood ever, i couldn't relate to this more

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