Thank you, Ma’am is a story about a kid that tries to steal a woman’s purse. Through the kindness of Mrs. Jones, Roger learns new and better things. Roger changes throughout the story from trying to steal a purse to a trustful person. In this paper, you will learn about the changes between Roger in the beginning to Roger at the end of the story. How did Roger change throughout the book? In the beginning of the story, Roger did not really trust Mrs. Jones. He was afraid of her and he just wanted to leave. In the story it states, “...Are you hungry?” “No’m,” said the being dragged boy. “I just want you to turn me loose.” Also it says, ‘Sweat popped out on the boy’s face and he began to struggle.’ This shows that the boy was afraid of the