“Seek the good in others and the best you will find.” In the short story, “Thank You, Ma'am” by Langston Hughes, Mrs.Jones lives by this quote. When a raggedy boy runs up behind you and steals your pocketbook you naturally would think,”he is not a good boy.” Well when this happened to Mrs. Jones one night she had a different approach. She sought the good in others by looking past the bad, giving second chances and kindness. She shows this when she took Roger in and taught him a lesson. From this
In the short story, "Thank You Ma'am," written by Langston Hughes, the protagonist Roger changes immensely after receiving parental guidance from Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones. Roger, a young boy raised in a disregardful family does not how to decide right from wrong thus making him commit immoral acts. However, by the end of the story, Roger finally develops into an honest person and begins making righteous decisions. After, Roger gains knowledge of life from Mrs. Luella Bates Washington
Is there something that will stay in your heart forever that you gained during childhood? In the short story, ‘Thank You Ma’am’ by Langston Hughes, teenaged boy, Roger, is unsure of himself and desperately needs adult guidance. Mrs. Jones recognizes Roger’s needs immediately after he tries to steal her purse. She grants Roger forgiveness because her childhood consisted of doing wrong similarly. Back at her home, Roger learns to clean himself up physically and mentally as Mrs. Jones treats him with
In the short story written by Langston Hughes, Thank you Ma’am, a boy with the name of Rodger attempts to snatch a pocketbook that belongs to a stern lady named Mrs.Luella Bates Washington Jones whim is said to carry almost everything in her purse at 11 pm in an alley. At this action Mrs. Jones kicked him in the sitter, and dragged him home. I believe that this action occurred because Mrs.Jones had sympathy for Roger and wanted to fix his bad deeds and treat him like her own son. One of the
“Thank You Ma’am” Have you ever wanted to help someone in need? Well, that's exactly how Mrs. Washington felt when she crossed paths with someone who tried to steal from her. In the story, “Thank You Ma’am,” the author, Langston Hughes, tries to illustrate many themes in the book, but it later seems very evident that the theme is: in order to build a stronger community everyone must help each other out. Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones demonstrates the theme many times. For example, after
On my road, there is this woman that helps homeless people. She takes them into her home, feeds them, and cares for them. She gives them money and sends them on their way. This woman reminds me of the woman in the story Thank you, ma'am, by Langston Hughes. The woman in the story is forgiving I think this because she brings this boy to her house, she feeds him, and gives him money after he tried to steal her bag. When the boy came and attempted to take her bag she snatched him up, ruffled him up
The Mrs. Mary Jones Essay. What would you do if you caught the person who tried to rob you. In the book Thank You Ma'am written by Langston Hughes that is what happened. I feel like Rodger changed because when she caught him she treated him with kindness. If she would have been cruel and mean he would not have changed I think. You can tell she changed him when he decides not to run away and face what he has done. When she pulls back on her purse Roger falls to the ground. When he does Mrs. Jones
who stole her bag. She invited him into her house even after he tried to steal her stuff. I think that the theme of the story “Thank You Ma’am” by Langston Hughes is that you should be kind to everyone, even if they aren’t the nicest to you. I bet that you have heard of the golden rule and you probably think that it's just something adults say to make you be nice to others, but it's not. Mrs. Jones is nice to Roger even though he tried to take her purse. She invited him into her house
odds she is kind to him. “Thank You Ma’am” by Langston Hughes shows that forgiveness and kindness are powerful and if you mess up someone will forgive you. Since the beginning, Langston Hughes has described how the kid screws up and how kind the woman is even though he did so. The kid is poor and has decided to steal money to get shoes however the woman stops him in his tracks. She tells the kid “Well you didn’t have to snatch my pocketbook to get some suede shoes, you could've just asked me.”
kindness, no matter how small, can make a tremendous impact on someone else’s life.” - Roy Bennett Sometimes kindness is given to you by the most diverse people, and that’s because everyone knows how a small actions can go a long way. Langston Hughes demonstrates how diverse characters can show kindness, in Thank you, Ma’am by Langston Hughes, Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones or Mrs. Jones shows kindness when she fed Rodger after he attempted to steal her pocket book, she didn’t bring