Ma Joad In the 1930s‚ America’s Great Plains experienced a disastrous drought causing thousands of people to migrate west. As their land was devastated by the Dust Bowl‚ deprived farmers were left with few options but to leave. The Grapes of Wrath depicts the journey of the Joads‚ an Oklahoma based family which decides to move to California in search of better conditions. Coming together as thirteen people at the start‚ the Joads will undertake what represents both a challenge and their only hope
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fell on the ground. Jimmy‚ like Roger‚ the main character in Yes Ma’am by Langston Hughes‚ he tries to steal a woman’s purse but pays the price. The author creates the theme that when making a mistake‚ you might just get a warning‚ but if you do it again you will have to face the consequences. The Author creates the theme by using the main character Roger. First‚ Mrs.. Roger is making his first mistake. Jones picks Roger up by his shirt‚ “She reached down‚ picked the boy up by his shirt front
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effect on her because I think that this understanding helped her to become a better person. In the story‚ “Thank You M’am” one of the main characters experienced a significant change in his life when he tried to steal Mrs. Jones purse but failed. Instead of turning Roger into the police‚ she took him to her house‚ fed him‚ and helped him to realize his mistake. This made a lasting effect on his life because this helped him to become a better person. Those are some ways
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hopeless and simply doing this knowing he won’t succeed? “The strap broke with the single tug the boy gave it from behind.” Weak bag meaning the woman invested in a cheap or worn out purse or strong boy meaning he actually put effort it into this. Again‚ is it a fetal(?) attempt or is this play of his ego? “Instead of taking off full blast as he had hoped…” He had an ego after all. Perhaps he did not comprehend the situation before going into it blindly. Was this lack of knowledge simply ignorance
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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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Have you ever had somebody try to steal something from you? You don’t see that every day! This story is from the book‚” Thank You Ma’am”. The author’s name is Langston Hughis. The main characters name ips Roger. He is a skinny‚ weak kid. The claim is Roger learns to think before he does. The three reasons why Roger learns to think before he does are as follows‚ there are always consequences for one’s actions‚ actions always affect others‚ and forgiveness. To start off‚ Roger learns to think before
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In this world‚ we have families that doesn’t have as much opportunity as we do. Roger‚ the male protagonist in the short story Thank You Ma’am by Langston Hughes‚ was a boy who couldn’t afford much and didn’t have a family he could come home to. One day‚ Roger tried to steal a purse from a woman‚ Ms. Jones‚ because he wanted to buy a pair of blue suede shoes. But then‚ he got caught‚ and the woman grabbed him by the shirt and forced him pick up her purse. The boy thought she was going to let him
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stole out of him. Satisfied with the answer that she got‚ Mrs. Jones cooked the boy dinner and talked with him in a light manner. Mrs. Jones did this because she saw a chance to impact this young man’s life‚ and stop him from making the same mistakes again and‚ later on‚ suffering the according consequences to his plausible crime. Furthermore‚ Mrs. Jones understood
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being at home caused him to make this decision. Mrs. Jones forgive Roger for his actions. Before having dinner‚ Roger admitted that he tried stealing money from her since he wanted a new pair of blue suede shoes.The theme‚ honesty is brought up once again as Roger decided to tell Mrs. John the reason why he attempted theft. Mrs. Jones told him by saying that she was once young too and there were things that she wanted but couldn’t get. After dinner‚ she gave him $10 dollars to buy the shoes he wanted
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