Thank You Ma Am Langston Hughes Analysis

In the story “ Thank you, m’am “, the little boy known as Roger is motivated to get money to buy blue suede shoes. Roger’s emotional needs have gotten him in a situation that motivates him to steel. One of Roger’s major flaws are that he tried to steal a purse to get money for shoes. Roger may have done that because he doesn't have a family and so he resorted to stealing as a way to get money. In conclusion Roger was driven by his flaw in expectation to get his blue suede shoes, and because of the generosity of Mrs. Jones Roger get his blue suede shoes, so her generosity is the

When a young boy attempts to steal Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones´s purse when he gets caught, and after dragging him back to her home Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones feeds the boy and washes his face. The meaning of all of it being that people should help the needy, not to neglect them or even to jail them.

Kindness comes in different forms, that can alter someone's day instantly. In “Enrique's Journey”, he witnesses kindness from several people in his time of ultimate weakness. Kindness in my life may not be that extreme, but it is appreciated. Even though giant acts of kindness aren't as prevalent as

Kindness and peace of mind is easier than most people think it is. There various ways to be happy and to be kind but why does it matter. In the 2005 Kenyon College Commencement Speech by David Foster Wallace, David Foster tries to make his audience to realize that the most obvious facts about life are generally right in front of our faces. David Foster gives his audience an ironic story about two fish swimming by until another fish comes up and says "Morning boys, how's the water?" It isn't after a while that they stop and ask themselves, "what the heck is water". The purpose of the funny ironic story introduced to the audience is to make sure the students sometimes realize the most obvious facts of life.

With the elder woman, she brings him to his senses on what he is actually doing because when she takes the little corps from him and stares into his eyes and says “My poor boy”, the author isn’t sure if she was talking about the little corps that she took or if she was saying that directly about the author. If she is saying that about the author than she feels sorry for him for having to go through with being

In A Christmas Carol, Scrooge give the Cratchits a prize winning turkey without the cratchits knowing, once the turkey arrived the Cratchits were so grateful for the turkey. In “Thank You Ma'am” the kindness is in the story when the lady gives the Roger 10 dollars after he tried to take her pocketbook, that is kindness because she did not have to do it but she did. My personal experience with kindness is when I let my brother have 20 dollars for a shirt he wanted, I did not have to give him the money but I did

In the short story "Thank You, Ma'am," by Langston Hughes, the main character Mrs. Jones is a compassionate character because she is protective, loving, and sympathetic. Mrs. Jones is an old lady who carries around a purse with everything in it but a hammer and nails. One day, when a young man named Roger tried to snatch her pocketbook, she kicks him in the blue-jean sitter, then she takes him home, but takes care of him! Mrs. Jones feeds Roger dinner. She feeds him beans and ham and cocoa.

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, feed him and had him wash his face trusting he wouldn’t take anything from her, which he didn’t, hoping that he would be nice to her in return. She also offered him money, though he tried to steal hers earlier, and also offered him a ride to the store. Mrs. Jones used the golden rule by helping Roger and being nice to him in hope that he would do the same to her.

“Be kind to one another because you might just change their way of living” (unknown). Just a simple act of care or kindness can change how people view life after they receive a harangue from someone who also went through the same past. In the short story, “Thank You, M’am” by Langston Hughes he creates two well develops character, Roger and Mrs. Luella Bate Washington Jones, when Roger tries to rob Mrs. Jones large purse and fails at trying to

Have you been robbed before? The story “Thank You Ma’am”, by Langston Hughes, is about a woman who helps her robber. She (Ms. Luella Bates Washington Jones) is robbed by a young boy named Roger. She brings him to her house, feeds him, and gives him money. Through the actions and dialogue of the characters, the author shows that with a little help and kindness, you can help someone onto the right path.

In the story Thank You M'am the author, Langston Hughes portrays the message that states that respect and kindness can be gained by being taught with kindness and respect. Paragraphs thirty- three to forty-one contribute to this idea in various. To start off with, Mrs. Jones, in paragraph forty, portrayed respect for privacy by not interrogating Roger about his family. Mrs. Jones always portrayed kindness by cooking dinner for Roger. To compare, Roger also treated Mrs. Jones with kindness and respect.

In this short story "Thank you Ma'am" by Langston Hughes shows how people can show kindness in many different ways. Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones an older, bigger lady is kind, bossy, and trust worthy. She is Kind, she proves she's kind by letting Roger wash his face in warm water, even tho she kind have made him, she feeds him her food that she pays for, and gives him ten dollars for the blue suede shoes he wanted. You can also tell she's bossy by the way she grabbed Roger and dragged him to her room, and again she made him wash his face. She is also trust worthy by leaving her purse on the day bed by him even tho he tried to take and steal it from her.

In “The Giving Tree” the tree acts like a mother to the boy. She plays with him, and she lets him eat her apples. The boy swings on her branches and they would play hide and go seek. This gives an example of a mother and her child because when you’re a mother you play with your child and you want to make them happy.

Treating others with kindness benefits everyone involved. For example, in the story “Angel in Disguise”, the author states "We'll keep her a day or two longer; she is so weak and helpless," said Mrs. Joe Thompson…” She was starting to open up to Maggie and realize that she loves her as if she were her own child. This helps lift Mrs. Thompson’s sprits and shows her that she can feel feelings. This shows how being kind to Maggie made her a more loving person in the end. Additionally, in the article, “Teaching Kindness,” the author states that “As minds and bodies grow, it’s abundantly clear that children require a healthy dose of the warm-and-fuzzies to thrive as healthy, happy, well-rounded individuals.” This is proof that children need kindness

In the story “Thank You M’am” a poor and possibly homeless boy named Roger, wanted to buy some blue suede shoes but he didn’t have any money to buy them. When people are homeless they tend to ask for money or steal it to get what they want. He saw a lady he did not know, by the name of Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones, that he was going to steal the money from. He ran up beside her and tried to snatch the purse. It was a fail because, with his weight combined with the purse he became unbalanced and fell straight on the sidewalk. She then picked up Roger up by the shirt and demanded him to pick up her purse and give it to her. Mrs. Jones then took Roger back to her house to clean him up and feed him some diner. After she tested him to see