''The Born Worker''
Author: Gary Soto
''The Born Worker''
In the story the ''The Born Worker'' the two main characters are Jose and his cousin Arnie I'm doing my report on Arnie. He lives in the middle class, both of his parents have jobs that pay good money, he gets new clothes, I pods, shoes, etc. He also goes on vacation a lot with his family. Also Arnie tries to make quick money, by getting jobs and having someone else to do them. Also whenever something bad happens he leaves then when it resolves he comes back and takes credit for trying to do the right thing, when he really didn't.
Conflict:
When Arnie and his cousin Jose are cleaning the old mans pool the old man got to close to the pool and fell in. When the old man fell in Arnie kept telling Jose that they should leave because they would blame them. But, Jose wouldn't leave He went to help the old man, but Arnie left. After Jose helped the old man out and called 911 and the fire fighters came Arnie came back and tried to take credit that he told the old man not to go near the pool