Blue Suede Shoes

emptiness for Rosa, Magda’s mother. Similarly, in the short story, “Thank you, Ma’am” by Langston Hughes the blue suede shoes symbolize varying ideas as the story develops. Initially, Roger, the protagonist, has a desire which is not met, to own blue suede shoes, the shoes therefore, represent a feeling of lacking. Later in the story Roger is given money to buy the shoes, at which point the shoes begin to represent his needs being met. Both Ozick and Hughes use accessories as symbols to illustrate the

beginning, the woman is walking, and Roger, tries to steal her purse. At that, the woman lashes out with her mean and strict side as shown by kicking and shaking the kid. Afterwards, she invites him to dinner and gives him $10 to buy a pair of blue suede shoes. Thus her soft side. At the beginning of the story the woman is strict, and mean. The author illustrates these traits really nicely. The author illustrates the woman’s strictness due to the words she uses. “I would teach you right from wrong”

It begins with Roger attempting to steal Mrs. Jones’ purse and failing. She then takes Roger to her home, cleans and feeds him while also giving him some life advice. The story ends with Mrs. Jones giving Roger money so he could buy a pair of blue suede shoes, which was the reason he tried to steal her purse in the first place. By doing this action, Mrs. Jones gives off a motherly demeanor which is common for women, especially older women, to portray to young main characters, like Roger. However,

empty street in New York City where Roger attempts to steal Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jone’s purse. Roger has to decide between running away or going with her. At her home she lets him wash his face, eat dinner and she gives him $10s to buy blue suede shoes. All this generosity leaves Roger speechless at the end of the story. He could barely say “Thank you ma’am”. And then Roger never saw her again. Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones has every reason to reprisal against Roger, but doesn’t. As readers

Have you ever wanted something, not told anyone, and then bought it without telling them? The short story ‘Thank you, Ma’am’ by Langston Hughes is about a young boy who wanted a pair of blue suede shoes, so he tried to take a woman's pocketbook from her without knowing her or even asking. The story consists of the woman and the boy at her house, while she tries to figure out why the boy wanted her pocketbook and did not have the courage to ask her. The boy did not seem to be wealthy or have that

you should work hard and earn things yourself. At the beginning of the story, Roger wanted a pair of blue suede shoes yet he didn’t have any money to pay for them. The only way that he could think of to get those shoes was to steal money from someone since in the story, it states “I wanted a pair of blue suede shoes,’ said the boy. ‘Well, you didn’t have to snatch my pocketbook to get some suede shoes,’ said Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones.” Roger decided to steal a pocketbook from woman named Mrs

(Atmosphere): tense, suspenseful B. Characters: Name Physical Description Character Traits Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones large woman with a large purse tough, kind Roger dirty face, “fourteen or fifteen, frail and willow-wild, in tennis shoes and blue jeans.” daring, meek (daring to try to snatch the purse but quite meek afterward), lied at the beginning, appreciative at the end C. Antecedent Action: - none given II. Initial Incident: A. Type(s) of conflict: Man versus Man B. Problem

pocket book, she drags him down the street and takes him into her house where she lets him wash his face and cooks him a meal. Mrs. Luella asks Roger why he tried to steal her pocket book and he replies back and says that he wanted a pair of blue suede shoes. After they eat, Mrs. Luella gives Roger ten dollars

thinking before acting, giving second chances, and materialism. “She was walking alone, when a boy ran up behind her and tried to snatch her purse.” (Hughes 1) In the story a boy of the name Roger tries to snatch a woman’s pocketbook for some “Blue suede shoes” that he wanted to buy, which we are all familiar with. What caused roger to do this? Based on the text in the story “And your face is dirty… Ain’t you got

Thank You Ma’am by Langston Hughes and The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost both deal with you should always do what you want and not what you see other people do. In Thank You Ma’am, Langston Hughes used a lot of dialogue in his story to show how the characters talk to each other. Dialogue is one of his many words in figurative language. An example is “If I turn you loose, will you run?” asked the women. “Yes’m,” said they boy. “Then I won’t turn you loose,” said the woman. She did not release