Comparing 'Yes Ma Am And Fish Cheeks'

The story "Thank you M'am" by Langston Hughes and "Brother Can You a Dream" by Jackie French Koller. Each author develops the common theme "Need Before Greed" in "Thank you M'am" when Ms. J gives Roger the money he needed for some shoes he wanted.

The second theme of the story is to always trust your instincts. In the story, Tammy had a feeling that something was going to go awfully wrong that semester in the Daughters of Eve. She ignored her instincts and still joined the club. Well, turns out that Irene tells them to get revenge on people. The first revenge was on Peter and they beat him up badly in a dark ally. When Tammy realized that they were going to do this more than once, she quit. If she had trusted her instincts from the beginning she wouldn 't have hurt anybody.

After Mufasa's death, Scar became a ruthless tyrant, ruling the Pride Lands through malice and oppression. In the following years, Scar denounced the laws created by his brother and caused a massive decline in their resources. Despite this turn of events, Nala managed to find their knight in shining armor; the lost prince of the Pride Lands. Once Simba returns, the prince orders the villainous tyrant to forfeit his title as king, however; Scar refused to resign. As a result, the pair engage in a brief skirmish to determine the true ruler of the pride lands. Near the climax of their confrontation, Simba managed to catapult his uncle off the ledge of Pride Rock. Eventually, Scar loses his life when a pack of Hyenas murder the former king and

"The large woman simply turned around and kicked him in the blue jeaned sitter," Though it may not seem like this is a story of learning and positive influences, so begins one of many such stories about a child being positively influenced by a parental figure in a way that will affect every decision he/she will ever make. Parents have an enormous impact on what their children do and what ideals said children believe in. Without parental interaction, children may become lost or come to accept mistaken ideals such as the rightfulness of stealing which Roger, a main character symbolizing a child, actually agrees with when the reader originally reads the story. While some children might find their way if left alone, many would become overwhelmed and their young minds would perish. In this article, two texts will be discussed that express this topic: "Thank You, Ma’am" by Langston Hughes and "Fish Cheeks" by Amy Tan. In the Modern Era, it is all the more important to

Deshon Ladson What to expect: How two people know how theyy want to be treated right Jeanne Wakatsuki and Langston Hughes have many differences in their writing. The use of imagery and the tone expressed through their written work to help express their feelings. In the novel Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Wakatsuki and the article/poem/short story “I, Too” by Langston Hughes the two authors’ tone is similar because they both know how the want to be treated and will expect that from other people. An example of this similarity in I, Too is positive.

Then Amy realized that she did that because it was her favorite food and then Amy knew that the culture is unique and Amy needed to respect it. The theme, respect for themselves and others, is shown through the conflict of the character. Amy knew her crush was

In the stories “Thank You Ma'am" by Langston Hughes and “Fish Cheeks" by Amy Tan, the authors share a common theme, older people are wise. One story that reveals the theme older people are wise is “Fish Cheeks”. In Amy Tan’s “Fish Cheeks”, a teenage girl named Amy Tan, wanted an American nose and a boy named Robert. But when Robert’s family came over for a Christmas Eve dinner, she did not want to get embarrassed by her relatives and family. So, her family was being really embarrassed and she wanted to disappear.

The theme revolves around the idea that if one does not express their true feelings and remain true to themselves, consequences could ensue that may involve others who had nothing to do with their issues in the first place. This theme could be derived from the inciting incident, the rising action and the climax. The inciting incident occurs due to the fact that Laurey chooses Jud over Curley in order to see how he would react. This example remains true to the theme since jealousy is the main force driving Laurey to commit to her actions, all the while remaining in denial of actually liking Jud. Moreover, Curley, being jealous of Jud, decides to pay him a visit which causes a commotion and a worsens the relationship between the two characters.

The theme is that not all kindness is lost because it is shown in the characters conflict when Mrs. Jones gives Roger a second chance and she gives him money to buy the shoes that he wants and he realizes that there is still kindness in the world and people can still be nice. The sink that Mrs. Jones tells Roger to use, symbolizes love and the theme, not all kindness is lost. Roger washes his face and has an opportunity to run, but he realizes that she is not trying to hurt him, but trying to help him. And the money that Mrs. Jones gave Roger

Another theme could be that people can change. This supports the main theme that we can be anything we want but not anyone we want. People can change themselves into anything they want to be the way Amy changed herself to be strong and tough like a basketball player. To contrast this, Amy could not be anyone she wanted to be. She knew that she was a tomboy but she tried to be an actual boy named Eric.

A common theme throughout the story is betrayal. Tom betrays Rachel for Anna. Megan betrays her husband for her therapist. A passage emblematic of this recurring theme is:

“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 story, we can all learn the important lesson of seeking the good in others.

In Abuela Invents the Zero, by Judith Ortiz Cofer, a common theme of respect can be seen. If you treat people without respect, you will lose respect for yourself. For starters, Connie disrespects her grandmother by saying, “I realize to my horror that my grandmother is lost. She can’t find her way back to the pew. I am so embarrassed that even though the women next to me is shooting daggers at me with her eyes, I just can’t move to go get her” (Cofer 14). This reveals that Connie is very embarrassed that her grandmother is lost in a huge church that she’s never been to before. She should be helping her grandma find her way back to their pew, yet heaven forbid someone will see her helping her elderly grandmother, perhaps someone would make

An overall theme that can be portrayed throughout the whole book is love and its power. Each character at some point is influenced by love to make a bold decision or rebellion. Entangled in their own love life, each mind and heart has to focus of the prevailing essence of love. With a theme of love one would be overwhelmed by another theme of superficiality and reputations. However, the reader is able to see how those two ideas within a person are changed because of someone or something they love.

“There will always be people who will hurt you. Still, trust them but be careful.”-Gabriel Garcia Marquez. This can be hard to our civilization today. Society judges people based on what they did, and their actions, and not trust who they really are. Many people in this world do bad and are really good, they just express their emotions through anger and hate. In the short story, Thank You M’am, by Langston Hughes, the protagonist Roger, tries to steal Mrs. Jones pocketbook, and instead of taking him to jail, she saw that he was hungry and dirty so she brought him into her house. She made him clean his face, and then she fed him and gave him $10, when he had to go. The theme of the story is always trust what is within others, and not based off their characteristics.