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 and how everybody shows kindness and has each others backs. In the short story‚ “Thank You Ma’am”‚ Roger attempts to steal
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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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5. Results & Discussion : The optical nonlinearity of DASPB doped PMMA-MA polymer film is studied using open aperture and closed aperture Z-scan techniques by means of low power CW laser at different dye-doping concentrations. The open aperture Z-scan study shows that the dye-doped sample shows a considerable amount of saturable absorption property. But at higher input intensity‚ the two-photon absorption and the reverse saturation absorption properties of the dye in polymer film becomes prominent
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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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independent black woman ‘who don’t give a damn what nobody gotta say’. "But you put yourself in contact with me‚" Did he really? Were the unfortunate events that had occurred in his poor life leading up to their contact? There are just some things that can’t be controlled. In the book of events in the poor boy’s life‚ this was bound to
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students‚ welcome. Today‚ you close one era of your life and embark on the next. It is a day … (MORE) Parents‚ family and friends of the graduating class of 2012‚ welcome. Graduating students‚ welcome. Today‚ you close one era of your life and embark on the next. It is a day … (MORE) Wow! It’s your 18th birthday. In most parts of the world‚ you are now regarded as an adult. Flaunt your driving license‚ and exercise your right to vote. But‚ as Peter Parker of Spiderman‚ "With great power comes great responsibility
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is also love being shown from Mrs. Luella Bates to Roger‚ but why is Mrs. Jones showing love to someone that tried to steal from her? Hughes is expressing in this story that not everyone is bad and everybody just needs a little bit of love in their life or a little guidance. I believe that Roger wanted to learn a lesson from Mrs. Jones because if Roger did not care he would have run already but instead he stayed. She is showing more love to roger by saying “... take this ten dollars and buy yourself
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Have you ever done something that you got in trouble for? Many people in life have gotten into trouble for something they did. In a story written by Langston Hughes called “Thank You Ma’am” a boy named Roger did something that got him into trouble and it showed a lesson that you should always think before you say or do something because your actions have consequences. Even if you get in trouble you can still learn from your mistakes. My first reason that actions have consequences is that the
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and skinny making him drop the purse. After she helped him up he took the time to listen to what she wanted to teach him about life and the right path to follow. And in the end he was rewarded with a good consequence of food and some money. Roger learns to think because there are always consequences one’s actions.
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Often‚ people perceive themes from life. Sometimes they also perceive themes from works of literature. One piece of literature that has a theme found in life‚ is a short story called “Thank You‚ Ma’am” by Langston Hughes. The story is about a boy named Roger who makes the mistake of trying to steal Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones’ pocketbook to buy some blue suede shoes. “Thank You‚ Ma’am” develops the idea that things are better earned than taken through the actions and words of the characters
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