Thank You Ma Am, By Langston Hughes

In the story,”Thank you Ma’am” by Langston Hughes a boy named Roger decides to steal from a woman’s purse and gets caught; the woman reprimands him for his bad deceitful choices, takes him home teaches him a few lessons about life, gives him money, and lets him go. Mrs. Jones (the woman in the story) takes Roger home, because she wants him to learn that sneaky choices always have consequences.

For example, in section 50, Mrs. Jones asks him if she turns him loose what he would do. Roger says that he will run. To this comment, Mrs. Jones says that she will keep him if that was the case. Roger’s comment clearly did not show any remorse for his dishonorable act. Because of this, Mrs. Jones was inclined to keep him so he would learn that he should