Thank You Ma Am By Langston Hughes

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

To begin with, Roger progressively transforms from a mysterious boy to a barbarian over the course of civilization to regression. Roger avoids social contact, initially, until refinement unravels among several boys, and he gets unruly--walking into the littluns’ sandcastle purposely--after relieving his signal fire duties. Afterwards, Roger continues bothering the kids, more particularly--Henry--as he “stoop[s], pick[s] up a stone, and thr[ows] it at Henry--threw it miss” (Golding 62). Roger gives in to the lack of civilization on the island by having the idea of harming a mere, young boy. However, civilization embeds a part of him, and it prevents him from hitting Henry literally. For example, he “pick[s] up a stone” (Golding 62) with the intent of using it to hurt a person since over time, the island gradually loses its authority and order. Consequently, these boys influence one another dramatically by their thirst to hunt or simple goal of survival. In this case, Jack, a power hungry tyrant, barbarically impacts Roger and his viewpoints. However, at home, society reminds Roger such actions are not acceptable, so he “threw it to

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

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.

The epitome of psychotic thought. of is crazy by nature as evident when he follows Henry and starts throwing rocks at hit. Making sure not to hurt or kill henry, it gives roger a sense that hurting or killing him is exciting and only a matter of time before he realizes he can kill

The level of care that she shows Roger is absolutely absurd, and to some could also be somewhat suspicious. She is far too generous, and unless perhaps he was her long-lost blood relative, I do not think that it would be realistic at all to take a criminal, who had just attempted to snatch your purse, and bring him into your home and give him food and money. At least in my mind, that sort of behavior could be considered to be condoning theft, something that I would expect from very few people. Additionally, in spite of the fact that I believe that she is a key character in the story that helps Roger develop as a person, unless it was the author’s intention to be reminiscent of a bygone era of full of benevolence, the author wrote her in a way that was too suited to his/her purpose to the point where she simply was not believable. The following lines are one example that substantiate my claim:

As the realization that they’d be on the island for a long time set in, many characters were not able to keep their “civilized” personality. Roger, who had been regarding as a minor character, suddenly is made more relevant due to the fact that he evolves into a savage more profoundly than most the other boys. Surrounded by this fascination with killing, eerie chants, and hatred, he adapts a personality to fit his new lifestyle. Roger was now filled with “a sense of delirious abandonment” for his old self and what he had become (180). Meaning, he was excited and provoked by the realization at what he now is: a savage.

Roger changed because of how he was thinking about running to being so trustful and good. On page 32 it says he could make a dash for it down the hall because, the door was open. Then, Roger and Mrs. Jones were trying to win each other trust. On page 32it say that he did not trust the woman not to trust him. And he did not want to be mistrusted now. On page 32-33 it says that “Do you need somebody to go to the store,” asked the boy, “Maybe to get some milk or

Roger gains hope from Mrs. Jones throughout the story. In the text “Thank You Ma’am”, Roger doesn’t run away from Mrs. Jones because he wants Mrs. Jones’ trust. He wants Mrs. Jones to teach him from right to wrong. Roger wants to gain hope and is gaining hope. In the text, its states, “And he never saw her again.”

In the beginning of the story Roger attempts to steal Mrs. Jones purse. It was too heavy for him to carry so it fell. Mrs. Jones said, “Pick up my pocketbook, boy, and give it here.” This shows that Mrs. Jones expects Roger to already know proper manners towards a women. Mrs. Jones didn’t know the whole situation or the motive behind him wanting to steal her purse. She obviously didn’t care, she wanted the respect of him fixing what he did by handing her, her purse.

All throughout our lives, we hear negative and positive words. Maya Angelou said “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” A lot of people will always remember the way their emotions changed around you, good or bad.

In the beginning of the story a poor boy named Roger tried to steal money from Luella Bates pocketbook, to buy himself some blue suede shoes because he had no one else that would . Luella Bates caught Roger and instead of turning him in she brought him home with her. Luella Bates took Roger home and got him washed up and fed. She talked to Roger about how stealing wasn't a right thing to do, and how she also used to do worse. Luella Bates treated him like a son and even gave him money to buy the shoes he wanted. So in the end Roger Realized that even though he didn't have a family to care for him he still had people that would care for him in his community like Luella Bates. The theme of the story ¨Thank-you, Ma'am¨ is that you shouldn't look down on struggling people because the steal, you should put yourself in their shoes and help them out. often times they steal because the have no money or people to provide the things that they need.

There are many character traits of Mrs. Jones that affected Roger. First of all, Mrs. Jones was so caring towards Roger. She offered food to Roger and told him to wash his face like he was her own son. The food that she is giving to him might be his first meal of the day. Most people wouldn’t bring someone home who attempted to steal something from you.

Despite Roger’s futile attempt to take her purse, she was willing to bring him good rather than harm. Instead of letting her vengeance make her hold a grudge against Roger , she

Roger learned stealing is wrong even though he attempted to steal a woman’s (Mrs.Bates) purse. Mrs.Bates taught him to not steal. While at her house they talked. She told him he should've