At first, how does the speaker in "The Red Room" feel about ghosts?

He is investigating the rumored haunting at Lorraine Castle. The other characters in the story are the three elderly caretakers, who the narrator initially finds disturbing.

Explanation:

"The Red Room" is that he gradually becomes unhinged by fear. During his night in the red room he feels incredibly uneasy, as if there's a ghostly presence lurking around.

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".

they used personification to make the truck seem mean and violent.

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