Thank You M Am, By Langston Hughes

In the story, Thank You M’am, by Langston Hughes, a lady named Luella Jones shows kindness rather than animosity to a young boy who tried to confiscate her purse. Throughout the story, the reader can tell that due to this, the boy’s character begins to shift. Toward the beginning of the story, Roger, the boy, ran up behind Mrs. Jones and made an unsuccessful grab at her purse. Before he could get away, Mrs. Jones took hold of his shirt front and begin to drag him home with her. At this point in time, the author described Roger’s actions as somewhat desperate; like he would do just about whatever it took to get away from this woman. In the story, he says, “I didn’t aim to,” when Mrs. Jones asked him why he wanted to take her bag. This shows