After a boy, Roger tries to steal Mrs. Jones’s purse she takes him home and helps him. In the story Thank You Ma’am, a women is helpful by feeding and washing a boy that had tried to steal her purse. The author Langston Hughes creates the theme, teaching others good can help you and them in the long run. In the short story the women teaches him that stealing is not the right answer. First, Roger tries to steal Mrs. Jones’s purse but she teaches him stealing is not the right thing to do. This supports the theme because she tells him to be good and makes him admit the things he has done. She teaches him this by quilting him into admitting what he did she said, “Now ain’t you ashamed of yourself?” Next, Mrs. Jones also treats him good after