“Ahh that felt good”, I thought to myself after I helped a little kid find his mother because he was lost. Helpful is when you help someone do something that they cannot do on their own. In my two stories, I picked Connie and Arn both show that they are helpful in their own way, but Arn is the most helpful. One reason why Arn is considered helpful is because he said, “This guy Mek, he decided to live because of what I say, now I know it’s my job to keep him living.”(McCormick page 58). That quote proves that he is helpful because since he had talked to Mek he sees reasons why he should still be alive and he sees a purpose for Mek to stay living. Another way that Arn is helpful because he had said , “I tell her to wait I go see girl Khmer rouge, let her do anything to me if I can have some food.”(McCormick page 86). That shows that Arn is helpful because he was willing to let the lady do anything just so his family could have something to eat. …show more content…
The quote that proves that Connie was helpful was when it said “I have to help her climb the stairs.” ( Ortiz page 427). That shows that she is helpful because she was helping her grandma do something that she was having trouble with doing on her own. Another way that Connie shows that she was helpful was because it had said in the short story “ I lead her down the aisle.”( Ortiz page 427). That showed that Connie was helpful because she helped her grandma get somewhere again that she might not have been able to on her own since she is older. Those two quotes prove that Connie was helpful in those