Thank You Ma Am, By Langston Hughes

In “Thank You, Ma’am” by Langston Hughes the woman was extremely soft-hearted. When she was walking at night this young man tried to rob her for her purse, but was very unsuccessful considering the fact that Mrs Jones was a large woman. Mrs. Jones was kind enough to turn the envy that she could have had toward the boy, into something helpful. Even though the man tried to rob her, she still went out of her way to welcome the young man like he was her own. She enhanced him with knowledge of dignity and manners.

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.

The unidentified mother in the poem may be suggestive of the African American women motivating their sons to fight for prosperity. This poem is compose in the shape of a considerable monologue in black dialect.  The idiomatic style of the tongue is cited in the context of the bravery, tolerance and sense of duty of the African American race. The tongue also gives a charged conversational component to the poem. The subject of the poem is persistence and determination.

stealing incident: " … a boy ran up behind her and tried to snatch her purse … " (1). When Roger

Poetry Synthesis Redo Throughout history, African Americans have always been discriminated against. As time goes by, views towards African Americans have showed little to no change. These examples that come from an African American point of view, explain how their lives have been impacted by our cruel and unjust society, which are, “I, too, sing America”, “A Black Man Talks of Reaping”, and “Primer for Blacks. The poem by Langston Hughes, “I, Too Sing America” is a symbolic poem that tries to show how black people during that time were treated very poorly, and he also tries to express the need for racial equality in the lines 2-3 when he says, “They send me to eat in the kitchen When company comes” explaining how the owners would send him

“Life is Fine” by Langston Hughes was published in 1949. This poem tells the story of an individual who tried numerous times to commit suicide due to a failed relationship with a loved one. It also tells of the narrator’s triumph of overcoming these feelings and realization that life is fine.

Have you ever been dragged around by a women? Well in this story you’ll never know what hit you! In the story a boy named Roger tried to steal a lady's purse named Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones, instead he got kicked in his blue jeaned sitter.The lady took him home and had him wash his face. The lady gave ten dollars and never saw her again. In the article, “Thank You Ma’am,” by Langston Hughes, is realistic fiction. Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones is aggressive and caring.

“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 Thank You, Ma’am by Langston Hughes, Roger, a bad kid, tries to steal Mrs. Jones’s purse. Instead of taking him to jail, Mrs. Jones opens her arms to Rodger and helps him. The reason she did that is because Mrs. Jones can relate to him as she was once a bad kid who made bad choices. This is my evidence for how I know.

Langston Hughes, the author of the short story, “Thank You, Ma’am”, expresses the theme that with the power of love you can trust somebody. To start off, The boy shows the theme that with power of love you can trust somebody. According to the story, Roger tries to steal the woman's purse but the purse is around the lady’s shoulder and when he tried to steal it the boy falls over and the lady is mad at him. According to the story, when hate boy finally started trusting the lady, he asked,“Do you need somebody to go to the store,” “maybe to get some milk or something?” Because he trust the lady now and he thinks she is nice and won't put him in jail.

In the short story, Thank You Ma’am by Langston Hughes, Mrs. Luella in the story shows the theme, you should not have to commit crime to be happy, or to have things in life. This shows throughout when the old lady feeds the child, tells him it's incorrect to steal, and when she gives him money to buy shoes. To begin with, the child tried to steal the ladies pocketbook, but when he did she said, “I believe you’re hungry—or been hungry—to try to snatch my pocketbook.” This means she didn't want him to steal the pocketbook but felt the need to help him.

In the world there are bad people. There are also good people, but when it comes to choosing one choose to be a good person. You should be a good person because there aren't enough good people in the world. In the story “Thank You Ma’am”, by Langston Hughes. There is a character, Mrs.Jones who chooses to be a good person.

In the short story, “Thank You, M’am” by Langston Hughes, the main character is a woman that most people would strive to be more like. Mrs. Jones is a strong, dignified, respectable, confident, woman that will hold her own in any situation. Out of all of Mrs. Jones’s character traits, her most important ones, are that she is kind and generous. These traits are consistently displayed through her actions. At the beginning of the story, Mrs. Jones was walking home from work around eleven pm, when she felt a huge pull across her shoulder. “Stop!” she screamed at the young boy, Roger, that tried to steal her purse. Roger was a weak and scrawny boy, and his face was dirty. Instead of calling the police, the kind lady decided to teach

In the story Thank you ma’am by Langston Hughes Mrs Luella is a good mother figure to Roger. She is caring, tough, and bold. In the story thank you ma´am Roger tries to steal Mrs Luella bates poketbook and mrs luella ends up bringing him home.

This quote is from Langston Hughes poem “I, Too,” and this quote is discussing slavery and how during those times, the slaves had to stay out of the way when company would come over. This poem deals with racial segregation because slaves and African Americans were to be separated from white people. This poem also deals with oppression because African Americans were often treated unfairly. I believe that the overall theme of this poem is freedom because as we continue to read the poem the narrator states,This shows the reader that the narrator is going to refuse to be sent to another room when company comes because he says, (Hughes 872) which shows the audience that he would like to be treated like an American and would like to be treated