Thank you M'am
Thank you, M’am
The story “yes M’am” has to do with a young boy who is taught in the most unlikely of ways some manners. The story starts with the young boy trying to snatch a big woman's purse and being caught in the act. The woman decides to take the boy to her place and tell him about herself and teach him some manners. When characters names are given they used only 1 afterwords than going back to using boy and woman, giving little connection between the characters.
A thing I noticed throughout the story is the manner the two characters behaved with each other. The tension the boy Roger has when with woman, Mrs. Jones. When given the opportunity to take her things he doesn’t. “ He did not trust the woman not to trust him”, making it seem as if he was more scared of her than he was of getting caught. Instead of making Roger more uncomfortable by asking about his life, she instead takes about hers. Doing this allows for Roger to be comfortable and understand where she’s coming from. The way she talks infers that she came from a similar background from him.
“you ought to be my son. I would teach you right from wrong.” When Mrs. Jones says this it gives a sense that she is trying to teach him manners and me motherly towards him in a rough but loving way. She is also kind enough to take him in and take care of him, by feeding , washing, and taking with him. By doing this they are given a more mother-son relationship being built between them.
When Mrs. Jones says to Roger “ I were young once and I wanted things I could not get” then says “You thought I was going to say, But I ain’t snatch people's pocketbooks, Well, i wasn’t going to say that”, surprises Roger. He was probably expecting to get chastised for what he had done wrong, but instead is told that she had done wrong things before as well. When Mrs. Jones says “everybody has something in common”, it gives an impression of understanding and communality between them.
Once they’ve finished
The story “yes M’am” has to do with a young boy who is taught in the most unlikely of ways some manners. The story starts with the young boy trying to snatch a big woman's purse and being caught in the act. The woman decides to take the boy to her place and tell him about herself and teach him some manners. When characters names are given they used only 1 afterwords than going back to using boy and woman, giving little connection between the characters.
A thing I noticed throughout the story is the manner the two characters behaved with each other. The tension the boy Roger has when with woman, Mrs. Jones. When given the opportunity to take her things he doesn’t. “ He did not trust the woman not to trust him”, making it seem as if he was more scared of her than he was of getting caught. Instead of making Roger more uncomfortable by asking about his life, she instead takes about hers. Doing this allows for Roger to be comfortable and understand where she’s coming from. The way she talks infers that she came from a similar background from him.
“you ought to be my son. I would teach you right from wrong.” When Mrs. Jones says this it gives a sense that she is trying to teach him manners and me motherly towards him in a rough but loving way. She is also kind enough to take him in and take care of him, by feeding , washing, and taking with him. By doing this they are given a more mother-son relationship being built between them.
When Mrs. Jones says to Roger “ I were young once and I wanted things I could not get” then says “You thought I was going to say, But I ain’t snatch people's pocketbooks, Well, i wasn’t going to say that”, surprises Roger. He was probably expecting to get chastised for what he had done wrong, but instead is told that she had done wrong things before as well. When Mrs. Jones says “everybody has something in common”, it gives an impression of understanding and communality between them.
Once they’ve finished