Outline About “Thank you ma’am” I will discuss the characters, plot and theme in the Thank You Ma’am by Langston Hughes. I. Introduction A. Poet, short-story writer, novelist, and essayist, is generally ranked among the greatest black American writers of the first half of the twentieth century. B. Hughes was an important figure in the Harlem Renaissance, the flourishing of black artistic achievement in Harlem in New York City in the 1920s. C. Hughes wrote "Thank You, Ma 'm" in the mid-1950s and published it in 1963 in Something in Common and Other Stories at the end of his career, when the pace of change in the lives of black Americans was accelerating rapidly with the social and political changes of the civil rights movement. D. In a sense, …show more content…
When he can run out and he dosen’t do it. E. Falling action: 1. The falling action occurs when Mrs. Jones and Roger eat their food and are about to say good-bye to each other. F. Resolution: 1. Mrs. Luella Jones gives Roger ten dollars to buy the blue suede shoes. 2. All he can manage to say to her is "Thank you, M 'am." 3. He never sees her again. IV. Characters A. Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones 1. She was a large woman with a large purse that had everything in it but a hammer and nails. 2. She is powerful and capable. 3. She is overwhelmingly physically superior to the other character, Roger. But at the same time she is maternal, lavishing the attention on Roger that he obviously misses at home: cleaning him, feeding him, giving him money. 4. Her pride in her identity is the key to understanding Mrs. Jones 's character B. Roger 1. he is physically small and thin 2. Mrs. Jones is able to drag him around like a doll. 3. Roger is also slight in his fortune. 4. His poverty is obvious from his clothing. V. Theme A. Forgiveness and Empathy 1. when a boy ran up behind her and tried to snatch her purse and she forgive him. B. The Power of Love and Trust 1. when Mrs. Jones drags him to her furnished room and she asks the boy his name and tells him to wash his