What Goska is saying with this statement is that some of these people may have nothing to physically give to you, but they will treat you with respect and give you what they can because a small gesture does have the effect of a greater gesture: humanity. Even though someone cannot give you a million dollars, if they give you their time and respect that can be the biggest gift of all. Goska also tells about how she sat on a peasant porch in the middle of the night and the man inside the house said, "Someone is sitting on our porch. We have to cook rice "(1140). Goska is telling you that this man who doesn't know her, was willing to take a stranger in and feed her rice, which is a high status food in that economy. This man did not know her but he wanted to help her any way he could. This was by feeding her and bringing her into his home with his family. Goska wants her readers to relate to her on a personal level with this story. Thus, she achieves ethos through her storytelling. Another way Goska is trying to reach her audience is through logos.

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             Logos is reasoning: appealing to reader's common sense, beliefs, or values. Goska says, "I'm protesting the fallacy that to be virtuous, one must be on T.V, one must be off to a meeting on how to be a better person, or one must have just come from a meeting on how to be a better person, but one can pass up every opportunity to actually be a better person (1139). With this statement Goska is saying that people have a perception that to be virtuous you have to be a movie star, or have to accomplish some extraordinary feat of kindness. Most people pass up the opportunity to be a better person because they are too busy, and again, they feel that no one would notice the small gestures. Some people feel that a small act of kindness is a waste of time. If it wasn't for the small acts, the larger acts that need to be accomplished would be a greater challenge when faced.