Thank You Ma’am by Langston Hughes tells you about a woman who ends up helping a younger boy after he tries to stealing from her to get a pair of blue suede shoes. Langston Hughes uses revealing action to create the setting‚ description to introduce characters‚ and dialogue to set up a problem. The author uses revealing action to create the setting.In the beginning he wrote “It was about eleven o’clock at night‚ and she was walking alone‚ when a boy ran up to her and tried to snatch her purse.”
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The characters of the storys ‚Thank You Ma’am‚ by Langston Hughes‚ and ‚Because of Mr. Terupt‚ by Rob Buyea. The story “Thank You Ma’am” has a character named Roger‚ and he tried to steal the pocket book of a woman name Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones. He tried to steal the pocket book so he could get money for blue suede shoes. Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones took Roger back to her house where he washed his face and got to eat‚ after he got done with eating he had to go and that was when Mrs
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Thank You‚ Ma’am (by Langston Hughes) I saw the lady through my own eyes‚ she was a rather large woman with a huge purse. It was bulging full of items. I ran for the purse‚ I planned to run after I grabbed it. As I ran for it‚ I thought to myself‚ “Why do I have to do these types of things?”I tried to lunge for it but my footing gave in and I fell instead of running like planned. The lady looked at me and grabbed my torn shirt. She said “Boy‚ what do you think you’re doing?”‚ in an angered tone
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68 Chapter 4 CHAPTER 4 MULTIPLE CHOICE ANSWERS AND SOLUTIONS 4-1: a PAR BOOGIE BIRDIE Capital balances before realization P 20‚000 P 16‚000 P 10‚000 Loss on liquidation‚ P40‚000 ( 20‚000) ( 12‚000) ( 8‚000) Cash distribution P – P 4‚000 P 2‚000 4-2: c PING PANG PONG Capital balances before liquidation P 50‚000 P 50‚000 P 10‚000 Gain of P10‚000 (150‚000-140‚000) __6‚000 __2‚000 __2‚000 Cash distribution P 56‚000 P 52‚000 P 12‚000 4-3: b PING
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Theme? What is theme? Theme is the subject of a piece of writing. Then there’s trust‚ and is a powerful thing…if used right. Trust can help relationships of any kind. I mean you would was to trust someone right? The theme of “Thank You Ma’am” by Langston Hughes is in my opinion about trust‚ and how trust can build relationships in the most unexpected places. Roger was a neglected boy that no one really cared about. One day he tried to steal a purse form a lady‚ but she caught him. She then took care
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In the short story “Thank You Ma’am” there are different themes there is compassion‚ love‚ and trust. That is very ironic considering that young boy Roger did try to steal Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones purse in the beginning of this story. Even though he was trying to steal from her she never called the police she never judged him because no one should ever judge a book by its cover. Langston Hughes shows that there are still people that care it does not matter if you know them are not they
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In today’s society‚ acts of kindness are rare and unexpected. As Langston Hughes once said‚ “Like a welcome summer rain‚ humor may suddenly cleanse and cool the earth the air and you.” This quote portrays that a “summer rain” relates to an act of kindness‚ startling and unpredictable. Langston Hughes was an American writer whose novels and short-stories were focused on the life of African Americans and their culture.The characters in most of his stories portray the acts of people in the Harlem community
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Ramona was an innocent looking girl‚ right? So her parents thought she was‚ but oh no they were wrong. That night she went out attempted to rob a bank her former friends‚ parents owned. In the story‚ Thank You‚ Ma’am‚ Langston Hughes‚ the author‚ shows how the main character Roger gets taught a lesson after trying to take something that wasn’t his. When one makes a bad mistake‚ a lesson must be learned from‚ yet with care. Beginning with‚ Roger stole an older lady’s purse and she was very unhappy
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