Thank You, M Am, By Langston Hughes

Treat your elders with respect. This is a common theme between the two short stories “Thank You, Ma’am” by Langston Hughes and “Fish Cheeks” by Amy Tan. The authors reveal this through the plot, conflict, and symbolism. In the story “Thank You, Ma'am" by Langston Hughes, there is a common theme, which is to treat your elders with respect and I'll show you. The theme is shown when In the story “Thank You, Ma’am Roger wanted money for blue suede shoes, but Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones did not let him by beating him up, so she took him home and made him wash up, then she ended up giving him the money.

Another story that reveals the theme of respecting themselves and others is “Thank You, M’am.” In Langston Hughes' perspective “Thank You, M’am”, a big lady was walking on the sidewalk at 11 o’clock at night, then a young boy came up to her and took her pocket book. The young man Roger tried to run away but the big lady Mrs Jones grabbed him and put him in a headlock, then she took Roger to her house. When Roger and Mrs Jones took him home to clean himself Roger asked why he tried to take the pocket book He said because he wanted blue suede shoes Mrs Jones gave him the money and said do not get into any more trouble. The theme, respect themselves and others is shown through the conflict of the character.

The world can be full of mysterious people, and it’s natural for a person to steal in this world. But when you teach others they will not steal anymore. In” Thank You Ma'am” by Langston Hughes.Roger, learns from his mistakes throughout Mrs Jones's Kindness.So Mrs Jones will help him.

“Thank You Ma’am” by Langston Hughes and “Gate A-4” by Naomi Shihab Nye both shared the theme that not all kindness is lost. Both authors taught this theme using the character’s conflict and symbolism. “Thank You Ma’am” is a story that reveals the theme that not all kindness is lost. In Langston Hughes’ “Thank You Ma’am”, a fourteen year old kid who’s named Roger wants a pair of Blue Suede shoes but he did not have enough money so he tried to steal from Mrs. Luella Bates Washington. Jones then catches him and mothers him.

In the short story “Thank You M’am,” By Langston Hughes, forgiveness, kindness, and empathy have a positive impact on the main character's life. Mrs. Jones, “a large woman with a large purse,” had a positive impact on Roger, the main character. To help Roger, Mrs. Jones took him home one night after he had tried to steal her purse. He tried to steal her purse because he wanted some new blue suede shoes and he didn't have the money, which we found out later in the story. You may think, why would she help him after he did such a thing? It’s because Mrs. Jones thought farther and realized that there could be a reason he did this.

One small act of kindness has the potential to change a life. This heart warming story “Thank You, Ma’am” by Langston Hughes introduces Mrs.Jones, a big strong willed woman. Roger, a young troubled boy, runs into Mrs.Jones and she changes his life forever. In this short story, Roger tries to steal from Mrs.Jones. After being unsuccessful instead of punishing Roger, she takes him to her home, washes him, feeds him, and gives him the money that he before tried to steal. The author makes the point that no matter how different two people can be, their stories can be very similar teaching the reader to never

A person who gets robbed can end up being a substitute mother to the robber. In Langston Hughes' “Thank You Ma'am”, Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones proves that, as she finds herself inches away from losing her everything, she takes the robber, Roger, into her own to help him become a better person. Mrs. Jones becomes a role model by connecting to his present situation, serving as his temporary mother, and caring for him and wanting to trust him. Roger sees the values that Mrs. Jones is trying to push across to him. Through Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones, Hughes’ gives care and forgiveness to Roger, which shows that people in society help develop a child to be a good person.

“Call the cops!” is what most people would have said if someone would have stolen their purse, but not Mrs. Jones. She was even nice to the boy, Roger, 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.

In the short story “Thank you, M’am” by “Langston Hughes” Mrs. Jones affected Roger after that night. She affected him by kindness by helping him even though he tried to steal something from her, Mrs.Jones didn’t run off scared or call him names or hit him, and that surprised him. Roger was surprised that he was actually treated like a human being for once.

“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.

“Thank you Ma'am” is a short story by Langston Hughes which talks about a lady named, Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones helping a young man, also known as Roger, to change his bad habits to become a better man. In this story Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones takes Roger home and teaches Roger to lead an honest life.

In Langston Hughes’ short story, “Thank you Ma’am”, Mrs. Jones’ kindness, forgiveness, and empathy helped transform Roger from being mischievous to a good-natured person. Roger starts out as a character that displays negative behavior. With the help of Mrs. Jones’ compassion, Roger begins to renew himself into a better person. At the end of the story, we see that Mrs. Jones’ empathy and compassion has ever-lasting effects on Roger. This story shows us that acts of kindness and goodwill can help transform others.

g named as a judge in the Atlanta Department of Education. At the Atlanta Exposition, he stated that, “As we have proved our loyalty to you in the past, in nursing your children, watching by the sick-bed of your mothers and fathers, and often following them with tear-dimmed eyes to their graves, so in the future, in our humble way, we shall stand by you with a devotion that no foreigner can approach, ready to lay down our lives, if need be, in defense of yours, interlacing our industrial, commercial, civil, and religious life with yours in a way that shall make the interests of both our races one” (Washington 450). Washington expressed that for so long African Americans have served underneath whites, and now all they wanted was an opportunity

In “Thank You Ma’am” by Langston Hughes Roger experiences the effects of living in a society where individuals lack sufficient care, love, and belonging. The key event is Mrs.Jones taking Roger to her house. As a result of event, Roger learns how to be kind and that stealing is bad. A quote that demonstrates this theme is, “And your face is dirty” (Hughes 1). Rogers understanding

In the short story, “Thank You M’am’’, by Langston Hughes, a woman, Mrs. Jones, takes in a boy, Roger, who tried to snatch her purse. The boy was in her studio apartment and had many chances to bolt, to grab her purse and go, to never hear from her again. But he stayed. Mrs. Jones got real with the delinquent. Mrs. Jones told him that she once did something that she was not proud of. And the boy stayed. Mrs. Jones’s kindness to Roger changed him because, it looked like he had no one to help him. He wanted to change, but he didn’t know how to. He was alone, but Mrs. Jones was kind enough to help him instead of turning him into the police like a normal person would. Just the act of selflessness lead Roger to believe that this woman would help him.