El Tonto del Barrio

"El Tonto Del Barrio," written by Jose Armas touched me. Is a story of how the village man is used to teach a lesson to the audience? It starts with Romero as "El Tonto del Barrio" meaning the dummy of the neighborhood, which with the help of his community he was able to function in the real world by sweeping the streets day after day. Romero gives the community character through his positive attitude, he always seemed happy you would always see him whistling or singing while he was sweeping the streets. For this the neighbors would always treat him with kindness, loyalty, and respect. But is it all ruin when his brother Seferino a college student tries to help him but instead turns Romero world upside down when he offered to pay him a wage for his work sweeping. A famous saying represents this story "when you try to give a man your hand they later want the whole arm". It's sad but true and this story represents what happeneds in life day after day. People never seem to be satisfy with what one gives them and that's what happened here, Romero later wanted a raised for what he did and that is where the problem began Seferino couldn't give him any more so Romero just quit doing what he got paid to do sweep. So things are better left alone.