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Thank You Ma Am By Langston Hughes

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Thank You Ma'am "Thank You Ma'am" by Langston Hughes is a short story that conveys the importance of helping others, forgiveness, trust, and empathy with the reader. Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones chose to help Roger, understand that robbery is not the best way to get what you want: "Well, you didn't have to snatch my pocketbook to get some suede shoes." Later on in the story, Mrs. Luella decides to forgive Roger's misbehavior; however, Mrs.Luella took him home to give him a talk instead of calling the police. In fear Roger asked the lady if she was going to take him to jail. Then Mrs.Luella replied with "Not with that face, I would not take you nowhere,"tell the reader that Mrs.Luella is willing to help Roger with an open mind,
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“Thank You Ma'am” Interpretive Response “Thank You Ma’m” is short story written by Langston Hughes. The main characters are Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones and Roger. Mrs. Jones is a large woman who works at a beauty salon. Mrs. Jones lives in a rooming house, so she doesn’t have a lot of money. Roger is a skinny 14-15 year old boy who tries to steal Mrs. Jones purse.

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“Thank you M’am” is a piece of Prose written by Langston Hughes. Roger tries to steal Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones’s purse to get some Blue suede shoes. Instead of taking Roger to the authorities, she shows Roger kindness. The author uses suspense through setting, mystery, and dilemma. Without a doubt, the author uses the setting in the text by, stating that Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones was walking home alone when someone came up behind her and tried to steal her purse.

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Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones was characterized in many different ways by Langston Hughes in "Thank you, Ma,am". First Mrs. Luella was very kind with Roger. She fed him although she didn't have much money. The nice woman gave him money for Roger's shoes that he was originally willing to steal for. She also made him wash his face.

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When you have manners normally you wouldn't try to snatch someone's pocketbook. This was Roger from Thank You M’am by Langston Hughes. Roger was thankful, entitled, and unsure in this story. If you are thankful for something, you must really appreciate what or who it is.

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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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7.3 LA Assessment In the story, a woman says “Now ain't you ashamed of yourself,” creates the suspense in the story. In the story, Roger tries to steal a woman's purse but failed and the woman took him back to her house to clean his face off and ended up cooking dinner for him and taught him lessons for in the future and then let him go. The story, “Thank you Ma’am”. The author, Langston Hughes, presents the theme that if poor, people think that it's right to steal. Langston Hughes uses parts of dialogue, parts of actions, and parts of thoughts in the story to create the theme.

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Women of Many Personalities Mrs.Luella Bate Washington Jones is a very interesting person with many personalities in the short story Thanks you Ma'am written by Langston Hughes. She has a bossy side where she snaps quite frequently at Roger. Roger is dragged to her house in a head-lock. If Mrs.Luella Bates Washington Jones was scared of Roger she would have given him a lesson with her fists.

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As composition two class comes to end, there was a lot of reading throughout the semester. So many great stories and poems that were read from authors like Edgar Allen, Langston Hughes, etc. But nothing came close to “I Too” by Langston Hughes.” I Too” is a poem that holds many great values. In “I Too” there were two work aspects that helped show great value in life, which were the theme and character in the poem.

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Langston Hughes short story “Thank you Ma’am” is about a boy named Roger who tries to rob an older woman named Mrs.Jones. He tries to rob her $10 for some new blue suede shoes. When Roger tries to rob Mrs.Jones she grabs him by his shirt and takes him back to her house to get him cleaned up and fed. When They get to Mrs.Jones house, she goes to her kitchen to make some food while Roger is washing his face, Roger has a chance to run while Mrs. Jones is distracted but he doesn't, he stays. Roger came to sit down with Mrs. Jones and she talks about her past life and her life now but she does not ask him about his family or about her life because she did not want to embarrass him.

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“Thank You, Ma’am” By Langston Hughes Paul Lewis Boess once said, “Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future.” This phenomenon is beautifully played out in the short story “Thank you, Ma’am,” by Langston Hughes where readers see a problematic youngster benefit from the forgiveness of a warm-hearted woman named Mrs. Jones. In the story, Roger, the young boy, tries and fails to steal Mrs. Jones’s purse. Instead of chastising the young man and calling the police on him, Mrs. Jones decides to show instantaneous affection and care for the young boy.

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A central theme in the short story “Thank you Ma 'am” by Langston Hughes is a little kindness goes a long way. One act of kindness can change a person’s life forever. Her unnecessary kindness made a major impact on Roger and changes him. As the story progresses, we see that Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones shows empathy and kindness for Roger. That kindness appears to pass onto Roger near the end of the story.

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Have you ever wondered how much impact one person could have on you? Roger in “Thank You, M’am” by Langston Hughes had a major internal change. When Roger tries to take the purse of an older lady, Mrs. Jones, she catches the boy, not being very nice to him. In the end, she feels a connection with him because he can’t afford the things he wants, so she chooses to helps him. Mrs. Jones changes Roger by taking care of him and telling him right from wrong.

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Well. I wasn’t going to say that” Then, she said, “I believe you’re hungry or been hungry.” These two quotations go with her being understanding because she knows that he tried to steal her pocket book and understands that he doesn’t have much because he did that, so she demands a question that is if he wants food. Consequently, inside of Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones body, she is very

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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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