In the story, thank you, ma’am the character Rodger comes from a home with no parents and no one to tell him right from wrong. Rodger tries to steal a woman’s purse her name was Mrs. Jones, who afterward takes him in and teaches him a huge lesson on good things come from good actions, which I think changed him. Only because after meeting Mrs. Jones on page 32 Rodger stated “do you need someone to go to the store to get some milk or something?” Because he wants to earn his trust back as you see Rodger knows right from wrong even without parents he chooses the wrong things only because he is rather too lazy to work for it or he just turns to stealing because it’s his only choice left to get what he wants. By Mrs. Jones repaying him