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Thank You M Am By Langston Hughes

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In the story “ Thank You M’am” by Langston Hughes, Roger, a teenage boy that lurks on the streets makes an unsuccessful attempt at snatching Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones’ purse. Mrs. Jones catches him and brings him to her house and provides him with food, water, and money to buy new shoes and sends him off into the night. The reason why Mrs. Jones brought Roger to house is because she wants to teach him a lesson so that he will lead an honest life and will never steal from someone again. Mrs. Jones wants Roger to benefit from the lesson she taught him so she says “ But I wish you would behave yourself, son, from here on in.” (p. 11 lines 156-157). This shows that she cares about Roger and wants him to stop stealing from people and to
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In the story 'Thank You Ma'am', Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones demonstrated the theme of helping others. In the text it shows this in the quote, "'You gonna take me to jail?'Asked the boy, bending over the sink. 'Not with that face, I would not take you nowhere,' said the woman. " This expresses the theme of helping others, because she could've taken him to jail but instead she took him in and cared for him. This theme is shown again when she fed him

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The poem Langston Hughes wrote in 1936 called “Let America be America again”. Langston Hughes an afro American in the United States of America. Langston Hughes' philosophical idea was equality in the United States of America. The first way Langston Hughes shows his philosophical idea of equality is by showing he wants everyone to be treated fairly and have the government not allow people to be racist to the Afro-Americans, Indians, and other immigrants located in the United States of America. The second way Langston Hughes shows his philosophical idea of equality is by showing his desire and dedication towards of achieving equality and shows off his dedication of hard work to achieve his dream but can’t due to of the barriers he has to overcome

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The theme of the poem, “Let America Be America Again” by Langston Hughes is about equality. There are multiple reasons and quotes hinting to why it's about Equality. For example, Hughes states in his poem, “There has never been equality for me, nor freedom in this “homeland of the free”” (15-16). From this quote we can see that he thinks everything isn’t equal. He put quotes around the homeland of the free to make it seem sarcastic.

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It is when she puts herself into his shoes that can change his mindset. Another reason was that Mrs. Jones wants to correct Roger from doing the wrong thing, she wants to tell him that stealing is not the right way to fulfill his personal

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Shes also just wants to help him out. In the conclusion of the story, Mrs. Jones tries to communicate to Roger that no one's perfect we all make mistakes, but the thing that we need to do is learn from those mistakes. The text indicates “ ‘ I have done things too, which I would not tell you, son- neither God if he didn't already know.” This evidence shows that Mrs. Jones is having integrity because she is taking and showing responsibility for the things she has done in the past.

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“Thank You M’am” Essay Response In the story “Thank You M’am” by Langston Hughes, the boy Roger, seems to be lonely. The story is about a boy named Roger who tries to steal Mrs. Jones purse, she takes him to her house and takes care of him. Roger could be described as lonely because he has nobody home at his home, he is very respectful of Mrs. Jones, and he tries to steal.

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Thank You Ma’am By: Kush Can you imagine a woman who would kick a stranger and then later in the story feed the same person? Well, in the short story, “Thank You Ma’am,” by Langston Hughes, Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones, the protagonist, does just that. She has a very complicated personality because she is hostile, but still lonely and caring. A big indication that Mrs. Jone hostile is, after, a boy made an attempt to steal her purse and failed, he fell.

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“Thank You M’am” by Langston Hughes is a short story about a woman named Mrs.Luella Bates Washington Jones who encounters a boy named Roger. Roger tries to snatch Mrs. Jones pocketbook. She takes him home and washes his face, feeds him, and gives him money. After that they never saw each other again. Mrs. Jones is a lovingly person because she is caring, nice, and most of all she is thoughtful.

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Ms. Jones worked at a salon and she was relatively old looking and large. Throughout the story the reason Roger waned to steal her purse was because he wanted shoes. At the end of the story she gave him $10. In the movie Ms. Jones wasn’t very large and looked young.

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She treated Roger how she would want to be treated if she was in his shoes. There are many examples of Mrs. Jones treating Roger in this way throughout the story. The first piece of evidence that supports that Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones treating Roger the way she would want to be treated is, “If I turn you loose, will you run”? “Yes’m,” said the boy.

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Jazmyne Nelson Dr. Rose English 101 December 11, 2017 Literary Analysis Langston Hughes’ short story entitled “Thank You Ma’am”, analyzes the interaction between Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones and Roger. It presents the readers, the idea of goodness, the theme of trust, forgiveness, and kindness. Hughes is able to convert a language that is easier to understand by characterizing the context of story, advancing important themes, and using dialogue among the characters. Trust is one of themes that stood out while analyzing the short story. Though Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones has been victimized Roger worries that she won’t trust him, so he moves.

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