What would it take for a person to help someone that is in a desperate situation? "The Wallet" by Andrew McCuaig has four main characters: Elaine, Troy, Jose, and a young woman. It is about a women name Elaine, who works on the highway at a toll booth, collecting toll money from cars. Also she gets harassed in some way by her co-workers. Then late at night a woman in a yellow chevette pulls up with children in the backseat and she ask Elaine for money with showing signs of trouble. In conclusion, the story is about Elaine who makes a decision of taking her co-worker, Troy's money giving it to the woman that showed signs of trouble. All in all, Elaine made the right decision of giving away Troy's money due to how her co-worker's sexually harasses her, Troy does not care about his belongings and the woman showed signs of domestic abuse.
First, at the time, Elaine makes the right decision in a difficult situation to help the woman because of how her co-workers sexually harass her. In the past, Troy leaves his wallet in their shared toll booth after his shift ends, in order to, return and inappropriately invade Elaine's personal space by rubbing up against her. As the narrator specifically illustrates, "[Troy] deliberately [rubs] his body up against [Elaine] as he …show more content…
This proves that Elaine thinks it is appropriate to take Troy's money and help a woman in need. In addition, when Elaine looks at the woman there are older bruises, indicating that she has also been abused in the past. Specifically to illustrate, the narrator said, " [She] seemed to [have] an older scar on her nose, and dried blood in the corner of her mouth" (McCuaig 2). As one can see, someone has previously and continually to abused the women in the yellow car. In other words, Elaine showed compassion when she saw the woman with signs of trouble and she thought it is a good idea to give her co-worker's money
First, at the time, Elaine makes the right decision in a difficult situation to help the woman because of how her co-workers sexually harass her. In the past, Troy leaves his wallet in their shared toll booth after his shift ends, in order to, return and inappropriately invade Elaine's personal space by rubbing up against her. As the narrator specifically illustrates, "[Troy] deliberately [rubs] his body up against [Elaine] as he …show more content…
This proves that Elaine thinks it is appropriate to take Troy's money and help a woman in need. In addition, when Elaine looks at the woman there are older bruises, indicating that she has also been abused in the past. Specifically to illustrate, the narrator said, " [She] seemed to [have] an older scar on her nose, and dried blood in the corner of her mouth" (McCuaig 2). As one can see, someone has previously and continually to abused the women in the yellow car. In other words, Elaine showed compassion when she saw the woman with signs of trouble and she thought it is a good idea to give her co-worker's money