“Help Him Up!”: A Witness’s Account of Panic on a Subway Platform
PART A: Which statement best expresses the central idea of this article?
Answers
Explanation:
“Help Him Up!”: A Witness’s Account of Panic on a Subway Platform written by Michael Wilson describes his personal account of a terrifying incident that took place at the Second Avenue subway station in Manhattan, and the person who was willing to help
Explanation:
1. PART A: Which statement best expresses the central idea of this article?
B) Some people will selflessly take extraordinary action to save people who are in danger because they feel responsible
2. PART B: Which detail from the text best supports the answer to Part A?
C. “He texted his girlfriend, ‘Guy fell so I had to jump on the tracks now I have a cut on my hand.’ He called his mother. Both were upset with him at first, ‘mad I jumped on the tracks in the first place,’ he said, but more thankful he was O.K.”(Paragraph 32)
3. In paragraphs 1-4, how does the author introduce the people on the platform at the beginning of the narrative?
D. by contrasting other people’s curiosity with the way the narrator kept to himself
4. How does paragraph 14 contribute to the text?
C.It describes how the people in the subway station did not do enough to help
5. In the last paragraph of the article, the author repeats Chad Lindsey’s statement: “Couldn’tdo it. Did what I did, but couldn’t do that.” How does this repetition develop the author’sideas in the text?
A .It emphasizes his belief that people who do heroic things are not motivated by pride
6. How does the author use the structure of the text to develop his ideas? Be sure to describe how the major sections of the text contribute to the text overall
In the article “Help Him Up!”: A Witness’s Account of Panic on a Subway Platform, by Michael Wilson, a reporter for The New York Times, describes his personal account of a terrifying incident that took place in the Second Avenue subway station in Manhattan, and how the New Yorkers who were ready to assist. It narrates the incident about a homeless man who fallen in the platform and how one person name David Capuzzo, coming from his job of waiting tables at a Mexican restaurant name Rosie’s, had selflessly taken extraordinary action to save him because he felt responsible. Here the author It emphasises his belief that people who do heroic things are not motivated by pride but they think whatever they do is because they feel responsible and wanted to do it such as saving a person from an accident The story also tells about I how the people in the subway station did not do enough to help and contrast Mr. Capuzzo’s courage with the other people’s fear. While people were very curious about the way the old frail man in the subway station looked, when he fell on the tracks nobody cared enough to help him