The following student sample papers are literary analysis papers focused on characterization. These papers were focused on a character‚ Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones‚ in Langston Hughes’ short story entitled "Thank You‚ Ma’m." Paper #1 "Thank You‚ Ma’m" Langston Hughes‚ the author of this inspirational short story "Thank You Ma’m‚" creates a strong‚ admirable personality in Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones‚ one of two of the main characters. She has the privilege of changing the lifestyle
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Both Whittman and Hughes are very wonderful poets. Even if they write 2 very different styles of poetry. Whittman was a know as a free verse poet which was not common during the time period he lived‚ on the other hand Hughes used the traditional rhyme of poetry. Although they are great writers they wrote in 2 very different perspectives because they were from 2 different time periods. But both wanted to be a part of the American Dream. In both poems “ I Hear America Singing” and in “ Let America
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Brandon Mortland Mrs. Rude H. English 10-1-14 Literary Analysis Everyone deserves a second chance whether or not they have and a grim or favorable past. Thank You Ma’am‚ written by Langston Hughes‚ is about a young boy named Roger who has an unfortunate life but soon messes with the wrong or maybe right lady that has a goal to straighten him out. In Thank You Ma’am Mrs. Louella Bates Washington Jones decides to give Roger‚ a poor kid that has resulted to street theft‚ a second chance to correct
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The song I connected Langston Hughes’ story “Salvation” to is “How to Save a Life” by The Fray. This song is can be interpreted several different ways‚ regarding if the song is about suicide‚ death‚ or a relationship ending. Whichever the case may be‚ overall the song is sung with lots of regret‚ something the narrator really has at the end of the story. The song had several lyrics that relate to this story. The song begins with “Step one‚ you say we need to talk.” This represents the narrator’s
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Everybody’s got their own experiences; everybody’s got their own story. In a poem entitled “Mother to Son” and a short story entitled “Thank you Ma’am “ which is both by Langston Hughes‚ it it illustrated to the readers that a person’s past can greatly influence the person’s future. The experiences in the past of both Mrs. Jones and the speaker in the poem had given to them that all-too-important insight and allowed them to share the knowledge to the young people. In the poem “Mother to Son‚” the
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life is fine by langston Hughes is a fairly long narrative poem when an abac rhyme scheme.in this poem Hughes uses extended metaphor to compare life in the 1940’s to suicide and racism. in life is fine Hughes spoke about suicide and racism for young black males and black people in general. Hughes uses an extended metaphor to effectively compare life in the 1940’s to racism:"ill be dogged my sweet baby‚if you gonna see me die".we have all felt like someone didn’t like you because the way you are
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In Langston Hughes short story “Thank you M’am” Hughes uses stealing as a topic for a way to express having dignity in yourself‚ even when the cards are not dealt in your favor. A young boy tries to steal a large women’s purse‚ but does not get away with it. Instead the boy fell on his back and got kicked right square in his blue-jeaned sitter. The large lady hauls him to her house to wash his face. She wants him to remember Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones. She brings him to her one room apartment
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Most poets of the day were able to capture people in a manner so magnificent when they wrote their poems. Langston Hughes was a famous African American poet and shared his experiences through his poetry. Besides being a superb poet Mr. Hughes also partook in being an author‚ scriptwriter‚ writing short stories‚ and also a journalist (Niemi1). When Mr. Hughes
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Have you ever tried stealing and got caught? The boy in "Thank You M’am" by: Langstons Hughes did. Mrs. Jones‚ the lady the boy tried to steal from‚ didn’t do what most people do. Which is call the police. She then instead took the boy to her home. Most people would disagree with what she did. Although Mrs. Jones could have just called the police when the boy tried to steal her pocketbook‚ she took him to her house‚ which was an important setting in the story. The story is about Mrs. Jones
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Karataş 1 10.12.2012 Erkin Karataş 9D 3 Character Analysis of Mrs. Jones in “Thank You M’am” By Langston Hughes “Thank You M’am” by Langston Hughes is a story of a middle-aged woman‚ Mrs. Jones‚ meets with a boy‚ Roger‚ who attempts to steal money from her. Anyway before she got robbed‚ she catches the boy and chooses to give him a lesson of his life. Mrs. Jones is presented as a thoughtful‚ trustful and good-hearted woman. Firstly‚ Mrs. Jones characterized as thoughtful woman
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