After reading Maya Angelou and Outer an essay the very different approaches Angelou depicts the fight she describes as possessing cultural roots a test skill between and his opponent Ostes not focus much on the cultural component (though she certainly alludes to it) she speaks of deeper roots, specifically male female relationshi infused with sexuality

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".

reasoning from several particular examples to establish a general principle