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In the United States, a robbery occurs every one minute and thirty seconds. This equates to 6720 in a week, 26,880 in a month, and 350,400 in a year. Robbery is a federal crime in which charges can be applied ranging from $500 up to $1000.In the two short stories, “A Retrieved Reformation” by O’ Henry and “Thank You Ma’am” by Langston Hughes the themes of redemption and second chances are shared through the main conflicts inflicted by the protagonists. To incorporate the two themes, the authors use description words and specific details. “A Retrieved Reformation” and “Thank You Ma’am” are similar and different through shared themes of second chances and redemption, the different approaches of the showing the themes, and how the characters develop

“If i turn you loose, will you run?” asked the woman. In the short story “Thank you ma’am” by Langston Hughes it explores integrity by showing trustworthiness, honesty, and fairness. In this story a boy 14-15 years old tries to steal a woman's purse but doesn't succeed, and she takes him back to her house. This shows trust because she is bringing the boy who tried to rob her back to her home.

Jimmy has turned into a a selfless and considerate person, and “With that act, Ralph D. Spence passed away and Jimmy Valentine took his place.’’ This shows how different Jimmy Valentine, is from Ralph, a nice, considerate, and non-selfish man who has found the love of his life. In “Thank You Ma’am,” the main conflict is that Roger is poverty-stricken , forlorn, and has no family to rely on, which causes him to make a bad decision; he tries to steal from an innocent lady on the street. The old lady in the story, Ms. Luella Bates Washington Jones, asks Roger, “Ain’t you got nobody home to tell you to wash your face?” to which he responds “No’m.” This shows the connection Ms. Luella Bates Washington Jones makes with Roger on how he does not have anyone to care for him. After Ms. Luella Bates Washington Jones takes Roger home with her, he washes his face and then he is presented with the situation where he could run, “After he had dried his face and not knowing what else to do dried it again, the boy turned around, wondering what

This matter of the "girl back home" warrants further study. This is the girl whom Daisy and Tom ask about, and the subject of whom Nick clearly (and

Shoplifting is a major problem in today. The temptation of not paying for something, just hiding it away and saving your own money is a large factor for some people. The culprit just thinks he's getting a product for free and doesn't know what he's actually doing to himself and the community. Shoplifting effects everyone, yourself and the everyone in the local neighborhood.In this essay I'm going to explain some of the circumstances of stealing from local stores, or any store. After I've been caught stealing I found out how wrong it is and how it is a disadvantage to everyone.

In cities like Baltimore, Maryland, and Chicago, the worst cities for urban youth, teen crime is not extraordinary. The poverty-ridden towns further provide reason and excuse for crime. Now this can be caused by many things, but the key ones are for money to provide basic needs and a way to obtain material goods that could not be obtained lawfully. In “The Other Wes Moore” by Wes Moore, two impoverished teens growing up in Baltimore experience very different lives, one will find himself on top of the world, and the other far below in a state prison.

In the short story, Thank You Ma’am, by Longston Hughs a powerful message is communicated. The story begins on an empty street in New York City where Roger attempts to steal Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jone’s purse. Roger has to decide between running away or going with her. At her home she lets him wash his face, eat dinner and she gives him $10s to buy blue suede shoes. All this generosity leaves Roger speechless at the end of the story. He could barely say “Thank you ma’am”. And then Roger never saw her again. Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones has every reason to reprisal against Roger, but doesn’t. As readers we are left with the question, why does Mr. Luella Bates Washington Jones take Roger home? I believe that Mrs. Luella took roger home to teach him how to be selfless not selfish. An important lesson we seem to assume Roger lacks.

“The boy wanted to say something other than “‘Thank You, M'am”’ to Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones, but although his lips moved, he couldn’t even say that as he turned at the foot of the barren stoop and looked at the large woman in the door”(130). Langston Hughes wrote an enduring short story called “Thank You Ma’m” that starts off with an old lady strolling an urban city at about eleven o'clock at night. Mrs. Luella Bates Washington-- otherwise known as “a large old lady” (10) teaches a lesson to Roger-- a thief searching for money to buy blue suede shoes. A central idea of “Thank You, Ma’m” is that believing in someone, despite extraordinary circumstances can change someone for the better.

Nick presents himself in way that can persuade the readers that he is an honest, true individual in the beginning. He demonstrates that he is the innocent bystander who is simply just observing everyone around him, and describes himself as “one of the few most honest people that I have ever known” (Fitzgerald 59). He is immensely charismatic and can make friends with almost everyone, therefore his narration can be described as unbiased and he seems to be merely telling the story as it is. He begins the novel as stating that “In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I 've been turning over in my mind ever since. "Whenever you feel like criticizing any one," he told me, "just remember that all the people

A. Towards the end of the novel, Nick criticizes Tom and Daisy's careless nature. This highlights

The purse in Katherine Anne Porters' short story, "Theft", is linked to several episodes and in each event reveals the main character's inner personality. The first episode is her encounters with three men. The second event is the theft of her purse. Lastly, the protagonist confronts the thief. In each episode the main character displays her intimate personality.

For Nick, Gatsby's lies, his affectation and his fraud are no matter; nor is his failure to win back Daisy; what matters is the supporting belief in the value of striving for a marvelous object, not its predictable disappearance and meaninglessness. In a significant shift in of the novel's final sentences, Nick unites Gatsby's effort with a general, if unspecified, national collective.

Nick feels overwhelmed at the start of the chapter by the "colossal vitality of his illusion". The illusions had fell short of Gatsby 's dreams of seeing Daisy more enthusiastic and excited to meet him again. With the phrase, "Almost five years!", written by Nick shows that five years have been a lot for Gatsby and not as much for Daisy. In addition, Gatsby has done everything to get relationship back with Daisy as Nick narrated that "no amount of fire or freshness can challenge what a man will store up in his ghostly heart". This proves that Nick admires greatly of Gatsby.

McKee, who is nearly naked and sitting in bed. Nick uses ellipses in this instance not to relay his uncertainty about what events transpired, but also to, as mentioned before, allow the reader to come to his/her own conclusion about what transpired, whether it be the conclusion of a homosexual encounter or merely a lack of memories due to drunkenness. The final purpose of Nick’s elision that Bolton suggests is as a means to transition his narration to a different time period without breaking the flow of his narrative style. The elision serves this purpose when Nick describes an interaction between Gatsby and Daisy when they had first met, before Nick had known anything about their relationship, as well as when Nick briefly looks toward the future at the end of the novel, but abruptly returns to the present after using ellipses. Bolton ultimately comes to the conclusion that, depending on how the reader interprets Nick’s elision, the perception of the events of the narrative will vary

Many would argue that impassioned murder, often striking at close friends and loved ones, must be an act of temporary insanity. Not so, argues Katz, who not only uncovers its emotional logic but the special appeal of "Righteous Slaughter". Shoplifting, burglary, and vandalism offer valuable rewards to the young, but the rewards, Katz demonstrates, are the not obvious material ones. Rather, "Sneaky Thrills" offer the adolescent a magical way of concealing and testing censored desires. Professional robbers know that their profits are often puny and expect to spend long periods In jail. The professional robber, however, is not a cost-benefit accountant but a "Hardman," caught up in the allure of Action, Chaos, and Control. Finally Katz maintains,