'Thank You Ma' Am, By Langston Hughes

In the end, Jones kept Roger at her house, treating him with love and care, made him realize that stealing was wrong. Jones explains that she can relate to him, when she was younger, and that hit home with Roger. Her stories of her childhood, made Roger feel better about what he had done, and knew that he wouldn’t do it again. “‘.....take this ten dollars and buy yourself some blue suede shoes. “ Jones said, telling him he didn’t have to steal to get things in life. Roger ran off, saying “Thank you ma’am.” They never saw each other again.

Jones realised this and came to decision to trust and help him. At first, she was angered when she was almost robbed by stranger but from further inspection. Mrs. Jones realised that the boy was impoverish and in a pitiful state. She said to the frightened boy, “‘Your face is dirty. Ain't you got nobody home to tell you to wash your face?’ ‘No'm,’ said the boy.” Mrs. Jones felt that the boy truly needed assistance and proper care. It was well advised for Mrs. Jones to trust people that are in crisis as it can determine the future of an individual. Additionally, another reason why it was the right choice for Mrs. Jones to trust Roger is demonstrated from the result of Mrs. Jones’s trust and empathy. Instead of sending Roger to jail by calling the police, Mrs. Jones trusted him and give him a second chance. Furthermore, bring him to her house and showed so much compassion for him, that a mother would do for their children. As a result, it caused Roger to rethink his immoral actions and learn from his mistakes. Mrs. Jones knew Roger would learn from that experience and would not do it again. This is shown when the purse was left on the bed and Roger had a second chance to stealing it but he

As I was reading, many clues lead me to the assumption that Roger doesn’t have someone at home to tell him what’s wrong from what’s right. Therefore, Roger doesn’t have anyone to disappoint. A quote Roger said that reasons my assumption is, “There’s nobody home at my house.” Roger isn’t representing anyone at home but himself and no parent figure to tell him what to do, so he does whatever he desires. These two factors of nobody being there for Roger buttress why Roger will perform addition illegal form of act.

He “led the way straight through the castles, kicking them over, burying the flowers, scattering the chosen stones,” only to remain, “watching the littluns.” Maurice, however, “still felt the unease of wrongdoing.” Jack’s only fault was yearning for power, which corrupts those who wield it. Roger is corrupted and malevolent without ever thirsting for this power, and is therefore more evil than Jack. Roger keeps to himself, much like Simon, and remains consistently evil throughout the novel. Near the beginning, he “picked up a stone, aimed, and threw it at Henry-threw it to miss,” held back by “the taboo of the old life.” Later, he did not miss and “with a sense of delirious abandonment, leaned all his weight on the lever,” releasing a huge boulder and killing Piggy. Under the weight of the boulder, “the conch exploded into a thousand white fragments and ceased to exist.” The main symbol for the democracy, equality and justice was indirectly destroyed by Roger. To him, “Ralph was a shock of hair and Piggy a bag of fat,” thus dehumanizing and objectifying them. When Sam and Eric were cornered by Jack’s group of savages, Roger demonstrates his enjoyment for hurting others by “[advancing] upon them as one wielding a nameless authority.” It was not for the sake of supremacy or control, but for unbridled sadistic pleasure. When Ralph finds Sam and Eric, they say that Roger is “a terror”. He also points out that Jack is a terror, but the twins respond with “only

Roger, the quiet, introverted child, was very clearly molded by social ethics. At one point in the novel, Roger was throwing stones at little’uns, but feeling forced to miss. “Here, invisible yet strong,

Throughout the novel, Roger’s evil aura becomes larger and more apparent. The beginning of his evil tendencies start out small, but gradually reaches to the point where he becomes responsible for Piggy's death. By then, all of societies conditioning of repressing his sadistic side is gone.

Roger stalks Henry as a prey and gathers stones to throw at the boy, but when he throws them, he purposely misses. Deep down, despite his mercilessness, the "taboo of the old life" is still present, as well as "protection of parents and school and policemen and the law," (pg. 65). At this point of the novel, the inhumanity in Roger further develops, yet proceeds with insufficient guilt.

Roger and his savage tendencies are seen being suppressed, only being unleashed when order and rule ceases to exist. Roger often has urges to hurt others that were suppressed due to societal conditioning. Roger so desperately wanted to throw rocks at Henry but “invisible yet strong was the taboo of the old life.” Roger still

Roger does progress into a more personal form of torture and terror, he “stooped, picked up a stone, aimed, and threw it at Henry- threw it to miss” (Golding 64). This more personal form of terrorization and torture shows he is becoming more inclined to accept his capability and forget the social conditioning he received as a young boy. Regardless of the social conditioning he received, Roger still exemplifies, how even in the society he has conformed to, he did intentionally hurt other boys. What Roger does on the island is similar to what he did back at home and that is why he is still refraining from completely letting his evil shine through. According to psychologist, James Blair, psychopaths treat “morals as mere conventions” (Prinz n.pg).

Next, I think he really meant it. Roger said “Thank You M’am” on page 34. He will not steal from anybody especially a woman with a purse. I think Roger will be polite to everyone now that Mrs. Jones has taught him how to be nice and behave himself. Mrs. Jones has taught Roger a lot since they have met, and now I think Roger will take care of himself better than he did.

Beginning with, Roger stole an older lady’s purse and she was very unhappy about his actions. For starters, Roger took an old woman’s purse, and she angry, as well as disappointed. The story says, when Roger had taken the lady’s bag, she was angry, also disappointed, “The woman said, ‘What did you want to do it for?’ The

The difference between a good man and a bad one is the choice of the cause” (James, Brainyquote.com). This ties directly back to Roger’s decision, because he intentionally missed his shot just to avoid commotion or even guilt that might never be resolved. Furthermore, his wise decision has saved him from becoming a savage and if that happens, there is almost no hope to return back into his usual self. Currently, Roger is still protected by civilization and society because he has not been removed from his governed self long enough to turn into a bloodthirsty

Roger has shown multiply signs that he came from somewhere or someone that taught him the manners and to be respectful, despite trying to steal a pocketbook he knew it was wrong and felt poorly after the incident

Roger is just an evil, bully in the story, who does evil things to innocent people. "Roger stopped, picked up a stone, aimed and threw it at Henry" (page 64). Henry is not doing anything wrong, there is no reason for Roger to throw the rocks at Henry, which is evil because he is picking on him and picking on people is evil. In addition, Roger is the one who literally killed Piggy, "High overhead, Roger with a sense of delirious abandonment, leaned all his weight on the lever" (page 180). Piggy is not an evil person, but Roger kills him anyway not caring about any of the other boys mentally or physically. As a result, Roger by far has the most evil in

First Mrs. Jones is non judgemental when she took in a street kid, that was a thief, and treated him like a normal human being. According to the short story, Mrs. Jones acts with acceptance when she said, “Then we’ll eat,’ the woman said. ‘I believe you're hungry-or been hungary- to try to snatch my pocketbook!” She eats with him even though he’s filthy and just tried to steal from her, if people in the real world would treat people with this acceptance, when their less fortunate, we could help so many people that can’t help themselves. Also Roger learns to respect others when he is treated nicely by Mrs. Jones. Because, when he first is in the house he does not run when he could which is proven when the author writes “The woman did not watch the boy to see if he was going to run now, nor did she watch her purse...” He could of easily ran out with her purse but he respects her kindness and doesn't want to be mistrusted now. Finally Mrs. Jones teaches Roger good morals and how to be a good person. For example, when Roger is leaving the house Mrs. Jones says, “And next time, do not make the mistake of latching onto my pocketbook nor nobody else's - because shoes got by the devilish ways will burn your feet.” Mrs. Jones helps show Roger to make good decisions; so that he would not end up in a jail cell later