Question

Little Things Are Big" shows that people can be extremely greedy.

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False

Answer 1

Hi @mzak! ^-^
To start you off on this question, first take a educated guess! No pressure.

Answer 2

true

Answer 3

?

Answer 4

Well, I wouldn't think so. I'm going to use an example for this question.

Answer 5

did u even read the story

Answer 6

Oh, there's a story? You didn't say anything about a story in your question. I didn't know. Could you please pull it up.

Answer 7

I’ve been thinking; you know, sometimes one thing happens to change your life, how you look at things, how you look at yourself. I remember one particular event. It was when? 1955 or '56...a long time ago. Anyway, I had been working at night. I wrote for the newspaper and, you know, we had deadlines. It was late after midnight on the night before Memorial Day. I had to catch the train back to Brooklyn; the West side IRT. This lady got on to the subway at 34th and Penn Station, a nice looking white lady in her early twenties. Somehow she managed to push herself in with a baby on her right arm and a big suitcase in her left hand. Two children, a boy and a girl about three and five years old trailed after her.

Anyway, at Nevins Street I saw her preparing to get off at the next station, Atlantic Avenue. That’s where I was getting off too. It was going to be a problem for her to get off; two small children, a baby in her arm, and a suitcase in her hand. And there I was also preparing to get off at Atlantic Avenue. I couldn’t help but imagine the steep, long concrete stairs going down to the Long Island Railroad and up to the street. Should I offer my help? Should I take care of the girl and the boy, take them by their hands until they reach the end of that steep long concrete stairs?

Courtesy is important to us Puerto Ricans. And here I was, hours past midnight, and the white lady with the baby in her arm, a suitcase and two white children badly needing someone to help her.

I remember thinking; I’m a *Negro and a Puerto Rican. Suppose I approach this white lady in this deserted subway station late at night? What would she say? What would be the first reaction of this white American woman? Would she say: 'Yes, of course you may help me,' or would she think I was trying to get too familiar or would she think worse? What do I do if she screamed when I went to offer my help? I hesitated. And then I pushed by her like I saw nothing as if I were insensitive to her needs. I was like a rude animal walking on two legs just moving on, half running along the long the subway platform, leaving the children and the suitcase and the woman with the baby in her arms. I ran up the steps of that long concrete stairs in twos and when I reached the street, the cold air slapped my warm face.

Perhaps the lady was not prejudiced after all. If you were not that prejudiced, I failed you, dear lady. If you were not that prejudiced I failed you; I failed you too, children. I failed myself. I buried my courtesy early on Memorial Day morning.

So, here is the promise I made to myself back then: if I am ever faced with an occasion like that again, I am going to offer my help regardless of how the offer is going to be received. Then I will have my courtesy with me again."

Answer 8

In "Little Things Are Big," the lady needed help because she was injured.

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Answer 9

thid question would be false?

Answer 10

In "Little Things Are Big," the narrator was on the subway because he was going to a party.

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this would be false ?

Answer 11

I think the first question would be false.Does the black/puerto-rican guy seem greedy?

Answer 12

For the second question, I don't belive it says in the story she was injured. She just needed help with the kids.

Answer 13

I believe the third question is definitely false.

Answer 14

for the second would be false

Answer 15

yes.

Answer 16

Any other questions?

Answer 17

In "Little Things Are Big," the lady with the children can be described as ___.

minor and flat

major and static

the antagonist

dynamic and stereotyped

Answer 18

i need with this

Answer 19

Well, the lady isn't an antagonist. She's not a bad guy. The black man said in the story that the lady was not prejudice at all. Meaning that she wasn't like all of the white folks at that time. So I've eliminated C and D. I believe the answer is B because the lady kind of did play a big role in the story, but then again, not as big as the narrator. So it's between A or B. Make your own decision from there.

Answer 20

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