Discussion: why do people help strangers

Your exam task asks you to take your starting point in the short story “Getting Somewhere” by Susan Isaacs and discuss why people help strangers. 

In your discussion, you should use at least two of the following phrases: for a start, despite, though, on the one hand, still, in contrast, for instance, consequently. 

For a start, people might help strangers because they can relate to their struggles in different ways. Karen initially acts like a passive witness when she sees the Haitian refugees emerging from the sea and running to take shelter and she rem...