Short Story Geraldo No Last Name

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When I was little about 4 or 5 year ago I had lost the closest uncle in my life. I felt broken inside and wanted to cry my eyes out. I could not believe he was gone out of our lives into a new world, he was a brother an uncle and the world to my family. But as I saw my mom by his side crying, I knew that moment I had to push aside my feelings and show my mom I was strong in her eyes. At that moment I knew that I had to be considerate to my mom as she cried because I did not want to show a weaker side of me, but to let her know i’m strong enough not to cry by casting my feelings behind me. The character Cassia from Matched and Marin from “Geraldo no last name are both considerate through their actions and thoughts about not hurting others …show more content…

Geraldo was an unknown man, no one knew or where he came from and one night he comes across a girl named Marin who caught his interest. Marin was the only girl that knew him that occurring night. An example of the short story is when Marin described him the way no one else would be able to describe him the way she did” Just another wet. You know the kind. The ones who always looked ashamed. And what was she doing out at 3:00 AM anyway”(cisneros 7).The quote proves that although Marin had a certain impression of him she not only did not know Geraldo that well she was there for him when no one else cared.According to the short story Marin was the only one that cared in the world to what had happened to Geraldo“Only marin can’t explain why it mattered, the hours and hours, for somebody she didn’t know.The hospital emergency room.Nobody but an intern working all alone.And maybe if the surgeon would’ve come, maybe if he hadn’t lost so much blood, if the surgeon had only come, they would know who to notify and where”(Cisneros 6).The quote proves that Marin was there for Geraldo throughout the hit and run accident for a man who had no family with him but only her by his side without knowing she was there trying to help in any way she could. Through the actions Marin had shown for Geraldo she shows her consideration towards him by being there when no one else

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