Do you think living in the present is more or less
challenging than living in the past

To be honest depends on which era your going to But we have a so easy these days So I'm gonna say going to say Living in the past i s a lot harder than living in the present

Explanation:

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".

i think the literacy device is "it's frozen head"