How Does Mrs Jones Change Roger

On page 32 Ms. Jones shows she trusts Roger by turning away when she sets her purse beside him on the couch. Also on the same page she lets the boy go and she trust him not to run away and he doesn’t so at least she straightened him up a little bit already. The young man also wants to show he learned a lesson by saying ‘ do you need anything from the store such as milk or something ‘ on page 32. This also shows will never attempt to steal another woman’s purse again.

By Jones’ actions, Roger has changed his decision making, by her caring for him the way she did. Throughout the story, she helped him understand what he did was wrong, and he knows, that he shouldn’t steal again. She gave him 10$, and ran off, to buy his Blue Suede

How does Mrs. Jones action changes Rodger? Well to begin Mrs. Jones is a kind, forgiving and passionate individual. On page 32 it states that Mrs. Jones thought that maybe Rodger was hungry but come to find out Rodger wasn’t hungry after all he wanted a pair of blue suede shoes but instead of asking he decided to attempt to snatch her purse.

At the beginning of the story Roger just wants to get away from Ms. Jones then she just takes him to her house. When they got to the house she let him go and he wanted run but he didn’t. Then he tried to earn her trust by asking her if she needed someone to run to the store to get some milk. After they ate their dinner she gave him the money he needed to buy the shoes he wanted. He learned manors and to ask and not steal.

This teenager obviously made a mistake trying to snatch her purse. However, Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones doesn’t hold grudges. In fact, she cleans up the boy and gives him what he wanted. “Now, here, take this ten dollars and buy yourself some blue suede shoes.” (68,110) This action shows how she is willing to overcome Roger’s wrongdoings and clean him up.

One of the most clear reasons for why Ms Jones wants to teach Roger not to make the same mistakes that she made when she was his age is that when they are having dinner together, she tells him “I have done thing’s to, which I would tell you, son-neither tell god if he didn't already know” This shows that Ms Jones has done things in the past the she now regrets because she said that she has done things in the past that she was not

The woman, Mrs. Jones, does not let this happen, and as the story continues, gives Roger an opportunity to think about his decisions, and to make better, more honorable ones. Mrs. Jones does this by leaving the purse Roger tried to steal in plain sight, leaving her front door open for Roger to take the purse and run. Roger does not do that. Instead he waits for the meal she is preparing for him, and cleans himself up. In “Charles”, Laurie, in his journey of learning to be truthful, starts out by inventing an imaginary troublemaker named Charles.

In the story “Thank You ma’am” both roger and Mrs. Jones both experience a feeling. With roger he gets shown what

Jones is generous as she provides him with a meal and a small amount of money for the shoes he wanted to buy. The old lady knows that  without an adult, there would be no one to guide him and point out his mistakes and failures that will come along his way. The old lady helped Roger to learn from his mistakes as he was grateful for the time he had shared with her. A quote from the text is, “ But I wish you would behave yourself, son, from here on in.”  As an orphan , she gave him the opportunity for redemption rather than punishing him. Finally, Roger does not know how to thank her or repay her  back, but one thing is for sure, she should feel proud for making someone feel so blessed when their world feels empty.

My first evidence for this claim is the quote, “Well you didn’t have to snatch my pocket book to get some suede shoes,” said Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones. “You could have asked me.” (page 5, lines 96-98) Which proves that the reason why Mrs. Luella takes Roger home is because she wants to teach him how to be selfless not selfish. There are several keywords that prove my claim such as

Are you hungry.” This shows that Mrs. Jones was being kind, and teaching him a lesson for attempting to steal from her. It also shows how she’s doing him a favor by supplying him with a wash, and dinner. Another piece of evidence from Mrs. Jones states “Now, take this ten dollars and buy yourself some blue suede

Mrs. Jones kindness to Roger changes him by knowing he can trust people. Mrs. Jones showed kindness by taking him in to get cleaned up. On page 32-33 it quoted “you go to the sink and wash your face“. And she also feat him. She wanted Roger to trust her and he also wanted her to trust him. And another way she wanted to gain his trust is when she left her purse on the couch to see if he was going to take it. On page 32 she quoted “run that comb through your hair so you will look presentable”. That is another way she wanted to show kindness so he won’t look bad. And at the end Mrs. Jones gave Roger $10 to buy the blue suede shoes he wanted. I think he changed by gaining Mrs. Jones trust and gained respect for her. So now he probably won’t steal

In the story Roger does decide to intentionally steal from Mrs.Jones but what followed Mrs.Jones decided for him. Mrs.Jones states “But you put yourself in contact with me, said the woman. If you think that that contact is not going to last awhile, you got another thought coming. When I get through with you, sir, you are going to remember Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones." Mrs.Jones decides to nurture Roger instead of neglect and her decision in return influences his future

Jones’s selflessness develops the reader’s comprehension of how notable she is. Mrs. Jones was helpful when Roger told her that he had no one at home. She decided to take him home to clean and feed him. Mrs. Jones was willing to devote her time in order to assist Roger with his needs. Mrs. Jones also displays her consideration when she tells Roger he could have just asked for the money. Mrs. Jones showed her liberality by donating her money for Roger’s needs. The last example of Mrs. Jones’s unselfishness can be seen when she hands Roger the ten dollars. “‘Now here, take this ten dollars and buy yourself some blue suede shoes. And next time, do not make the mistake of latching onto my pocketbook nor nobody else's’” (359). Through Mrs. Jones’s generosity, the reader sees her as an exceptional

In “Thank You Ma’am” the narrator says,“The woman did not watch the boy to see if he was going to run now, nor did she watch her purse, which she left behind on the daybed. But the boy took care to sit on the far side of the room, away from her purse” Roger had the chance to either run away or take what he wants, and yet, because of Mrs. Jones, he changes the way he acts in who he is. Moreover, in the excerpt of the autobiography “from An American Childhood” Annie speaks,”... you do what you do out of your private passion for thing itself. I had essentially been handed my own life.”