Analysis Of Little Things Are Big By Jesus Coon

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In the story “Little Things are Big” by Jesus Colon, the most important word is courtesy because it gives us an idea of what the story will be about and in the story, “White Lies” by Natasha Trethewey the most important word is lies because it gave us an idea of what the story would be about and moves the plot forward. In his story, Jesus Colon talks about a time that there was a lady that had her hands full and he could have shown courtesy by helping her but didn't because of prejudice. In “White Lies” the author talks about how easy it was to tell lies and that it isn't very hard to believe false things.
Courtesy is the most important word in the story “Little Things are Big” by Jesus Colon because it gives us an idea of what the story is

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