The Word Failed In Little Things Are Big By Jesus Colon

The word failed is the most important word in the short story “Little Things are Big” by Jesus Colon because it explains that he felt like he failed for not asking the women if she would like help. In the story a man sees a woman struggling to get her belongings and her kids on the subway. He feels like he should help her, but he has all these thoughts about what she might say or do and at the end feels like he should of gave the lady a chance instead of thinking negative about what she would do.

Throughout the story the character shows that he feels like he is a failure at the end because he didn’t help the lady and her children.
He tells himself “ I failed you, dear lady. If you were no that prejudiced I failed you; I failed you too, Children,