Prejudiced is the most important word in “ Little Things are Big” by Jesus Colon because it describes the whole theme of the story.Colon is late at night catching the train and sees a white woman with a big suitcase in one hand and the other she is holding her baby, with two children following behind her. Jesus feels like he needs to help this woman but is hesitant to do so because he’s a different race than her. Jesus in the end doesn’t help the woman and feels guilty.
Colon faces this problem where he’s unsure of what to do and his questioning himself. In the third paragraph he talks about how courtesy is very important to Puerto Ricans and that he had the option to be courteous to this woman, but he is hesitant if the woman is going to take his kindness or find it rude because of this race . “Would she say: ‘Yes, of course you may help me,’ or would she think I want to was trying to get too familiar or …show more content…
The final paragraph in “ Little Things are Big ”, Colon starts to think that maybe that the woman wasn’t prejudiced what so ever and that he feels he has failed this woman for assuming the she was prejudiced. “ Perhaps the lady was not prejudiced after all. If you were not that prejudiced, I failed you, dear lady.” This shows how awful he felt because of prejudiced. Colon promise himself that i he faces an occasion like that ever again, he will offer his help no matter what the person could say. “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.” Colon wants to prove to himself that prejudice is not something that should influence the way he views people and himself. Colon is letting this experience be a lesson for him in the future so he doesn't make the same mistake
Colon faces this problem where he’s unsure of what to do and his questioning himself. In the third paragraph he talks about how courtesy is very important to Puerto Ricans and that he had the option to be courteous to this woman, but he is hesitant if the woman is going to take his kindness or find it rude because of this race . “Would she say: ‘Yes, of course you may help me,’ or would she think I want to was trying to get too familiar or …show more content…
The final paragraph in “ Little Things are Big ”, Colon starts to think that maybe that the woman wasn’t prejudiced what so ever and that he feels he has failed this woman for assuming the she was prejudiced. “ Perhaps the lady was not prejudiced after all. If you were not that prejudiced, I failed you, dear lady.” This shows how awful he felt because of prejudiced. Colon promise himself that i he faces an occasion like that ever again, he will offer his help no matter what the person could say. “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.” Colon wants to prove to himself that prejudice is not something that should influence the way he views people and himself. Colon is letting this experience be a lesson for him in the future so he doesn't make the same mistake