Style

In the story "Raymond's Run", the writer uses two different styles which are dramatic irony and situational irony. The story shows dramatic irony when Squeaky kept saying that she is the fastest runner in her neighborhood. Of course, we know that she's not. When running, she lost to a guy who ran with his hands in his pockets. She pretended that she did not practice or prepare for something but she actually did. She pretended that she completely forgot about the spelling bee contest, but she actually did prepare. She doesn't want people to see or know that she had prepared for something. She believed that this will make people think that she is good at that particular thing.
The story shows situational irony when after the race, Squeaky shows respect to Gretchen. The writer described Squeaky as a cocky girl. The reader would never predict that Squeak, a cocky girl who thinks that she is always the best, would show respect to another person who is her opponent. Normally, readers would probably predict that Squeaky would try to embarrass or even laugh at Gretchen. These are the two major styles in the story, "Raymond's Run".