Forgiveness In Thank You Ma Am, By Langston Hughes

“[The Rosenbergs' execution] had nothing to do with me, but I couldn't help wondering what it would be like, being burned alive along your nerves.

However, he stayed. Roger learned about the strength and the importance of reliance and forgiveness. Both stories show that the character actions help change the protagonists. In “A Retrieved Reformation”, Jimmy shows his troubled past, by unlocking the bank vault and saving Agatha. In “Thank You M’am” Roger has the chance to run away, but instead he trusts Mrs. Jones and stays.

The use of character foil in “Thank You Ma’am” by Langston Hughes reveals how Mrs. Jones shows herself through Roger. Mrs. Jones and Rogers contrast with one another ends up allowing Roger to bring out the best in himself. The story begins with Mrs. Jones not punishing Roger for trying to steal her purse but acting compassionate and helpful to Roger. The large woman, Mrs. Jones brings Roger back to her home and lets him wash his face and he asks ¨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.¨ (pg.2) Mrs. Jones shows the quality of being kind to the boy who tried to snatch her pocketbook, which reveals that she is a good person. Mrs. Jones showed her personality

In "Thank You, M'am" by Langston Hughes, Roger behaved in a rebellious, vulgar, and desperate way while he spent time on the streets until Mrs.Jones’s beliefs in his potential caused him to be obedient and eager to prove his trustworthiness. To demonstrate, "It was about eleven o'clock at night, and she was walking alone, when a boy ran up behind her and tried to snatch her purse" (Hughes 3-4). This quote displayed Roger’s ignorant actions since he had bad intentions of nearly robbing Ms.Jones’s belongings. However, it is then stated, “ ‘Do you need somebody to go to the store,’ asked the boy, ‘maybe to get some milk or something?’ “ (Hughes 96).

The story Thank You, Ma'am by Langston Hughes uses situational irony in order to convey the message of people to always treat people with Dignity which grants them freedom. Situational irony is created when an author leads the reader to expect a different outcome based on the action within a situation than what actually happens. In this story the boy was tugging on an old woman's purse trying to steal something. However, he was caught and the lady was nice enough to take the boy into her home. She taught him manners, fed him, and told him to wash his face.

Langston Hughes’ coming of age story “ Thank you Ma’am” takes place in a town where a boy is struggling for money. This boy’s name is Roger. Roger thinks he needs money so much that he decides to try and rob that money from a lady’s big and heavy purse . Roger instead falls down and gets caught by the lady. One lesson in this story is sympathy because if someone is in a bad situation that another person can relate to then that person would want to help.

In the short story Thank You Ma'am, Langston Hughes uses symbols frequently throughout the book to stir empathy, show motivation, build a mood, and provide context clues. Langston demonstrates that he used many context clues throughout the story, and with these context clues, he provides the goal symbolism. Here is the first sample of symbolism. The main symbol that appears routinely throughout the book is the pocketbook that Roger attempted to steal.

In the short story "Thank You, Ma'am," by Langston Hughes, the main character Mrs. Jones is a compassionate character because she is protective, loving, and sympathetic. Mrs. Jones is an old lady who carries around a purse with everything in it but a hammer and nails. One day, when a young man named Roger tried to snatch her pocketbook, she kicks him in the blue-jean sitter, then she takes him home, but takes care of him! Mrs. Jones feeds Roger dinner. She feeds him beans and ham and cocoa.

In the short story “Thank You M’am,” By Langston Hughes, forgiveness, kindness, and empathy have a positive impact on the main character's life. Mrs. Jones, “a large woman with a large purse,” had a positive impact on Roger, the main character. To help Roger, Mrs. Jones took him home one night after he had tried to steal her purse. He tried to steal her purse because he wanted some new blue suede shoes and he didn't have the money, which we found out later in the story. You may think, why would she help him after he did such a thing? It’s because Mrs. Jones thought farther and realized that there could be a reason he did this.

Forgiveness and kindness take place when you want to move on from your past. Forgiveness is the first step towards healing. Two people are involved in the process of forgiveness and kindness and they both learn something from it. Showing kindness towards others, inspires them to do the same. When you forgive someone you accept the fact that humans do make mistakes. Forgiveness and kindness are beneficial for both parties and in “Thank You, M’am” by Langston Hughes, Mrs. Jones’ kindness helps Roger to become a humble person.

To begin, Mrs.Jones seeks the good in others by looking past the bad. One way she did this was by being understanding with Roger. Even though it was terrible what Roger

In the story “Thank You, M’am” by Langston Hughes Mrs. Jones kindness, and empathy for Roger changes his emotions on life. In the story Roger is a selfish, greedy boy who tries to steal Mrs. Jones purse with everything in it just to buy shoes when he doesn’t realize what he got himself into. When Roger tries to take the bag Mrs. jones is very protective of her belongings, so she still has a hold of her bag and yanks it towards her to grab Roger by the shirt. Roger tries to make up that he didn’t try to grab her bag he just hit into her, but Mrs. Jones didn’t believe a single word out of his mouth. Mrs. Jones then realized that Roger was all dirty and needed to be cleaned up, so she asked if Roger had anyone home to tell him to clean himself

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In the story “Thank You, Ma’am” Roger, a young boy, tries to steal Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones’ purse. Roger does not succeed and, in return, Mrs. Jones takes the boy home. One they arrive at her house, Mrs. Jones makes Roger wash his dirty face and eat dinner. They talk about why he tried to steal her purse; Roger wanted money for new shoes. Mrs. Jones gives him money for shoes then makes him leave. One of the themes in this story is that forgiveness is the best policy. Mrs. Jones could have turned Roger in and got him into a lot of trouble. Instead, she gave him a nice meal and money to buy the shoes he wanted. Another theme in the story is that a little kindness can make

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