Puerto Rican's Motivation In Little Things Are Big By Jesus Colon

"Puerto Rican" is the most influential and meaningful word in “Little Things are Big” by Jesus Colon because it supports the man's motivation. "Little Things Are Big" is about an African American/Puerto Rican man who is heading home in the middle of the night the day before memorial day and notices a mother with her 3 young children. They are the only ones on the train, and he is trying to persuade himself to help her. Although the fear of being rejected because of his race prevented the man from helping the lady.
Throughout Colon’s passage, he used the phrase “Puerto Rican” to convey the man’s motivation to support the mother and her children. The first example of how “Puerto Rican” effects the man’s motivation is when he figures whether