Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones from the short story “Thank You Ma’am” is a tough yet motherly and empathetic character. These three contradictory character traits show in her actions‚ thoughts‚ and words. Mrs. Jones exemplifies empathy when she can relate to Rodger’s situation and when she doesn’t want to ask him about things that could possibly be embarrassing to him. “The woman did not ask the boy anything about where he lived‚ or his folks‚ or anything else that would embarrass him.”(3) this
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FPT UNIVERSITY Individual Assignment Managerial Accounting Trương Công Sáng – SB90199 Lecturer: Đinh Tiến Thành Class: SB0769 Individual Assignment PROFIT PLANNING VietTien Corp To illustrate the master budgeting process‚ we will use an example based on the activities of VietTien Corp‚ one of the biggest exporters of Vietnam that sells t-shirts with VTec Logo. VietTien Corp purchases white t-shirts from external suppliers but do take care of the printing process. The example focuses on the VietTien
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Mrs. Jones‚ a character in the short story “Thank You Ma’am” by Langston Hughes‚ is a woman who teaches a lesson. In the story‚ a young boy‚ named Roger‚ tries to steal her purse‚ but Mrs. Jones catches him. Instead of turning him into the police‚ she teaches him a lesson her own way. Through these actions‚ Mrs. Jones demonstrates that she is kind‚ wise‚ and strong. To begin with‚ Mrs. Jones shows that she is wise. For example‚ Mrs. Jones teaches Roger a lesson about stealing. She tells him to ask
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Never Be Ungrateful For A Want Always be thankful for what you have. Have you ever wondered if someone else had the same life as you. Ever wondered if someone had more or less than you and how they handles it. Well in the story “Fly Away Home” by Eve Bunting and “Thank You Ma’am” by Langston Hughes they show how you should be thankful for what you have and how much you have. What shows this is that Andrew has to do work while he is at a young age and Roger tried to steal someone’s purse. Also Andrew
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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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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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Jesus Escamilla Escamilla1 Mrs.Hollie ELD 3 28 August‚ 2010 Examples of how people make there own decsions in the story Thank You Ma’m some examples of how roger and Mrs.Jones made their own decsions.Some exsamples of how the two main charecters is in the beginnig is when roger tryed to steal the old lady purse but the lady was confident and being assertive.The reason roger tryed to steal the purse is because he wanted
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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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Winston Churchill‚ a British statesman in World War two once said‚ “We make a living by what we get‚ but we make a life by what we give.” In the short story “Thank You Ma’am”‚ by Langston Hughes‚ the theme of generosity is shown. The story begins with Roger a helpless boy needing some money. Next‚ he goes up to a woman and tries to snatch her purse‚ but the woman saw him coming and started to teach him a lesson. After that‚ Mrs Jones drags Roger into her house and generously lets him wash his face
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Have you ever felt nice? In the story “Thank You Ma’am” by Langston Hughes‚ Mrs.Jones is nice. One reason she is nice is Mrs.Jones is forgiving. Another reason Mrs. Jones is nice is she is trusting and the last reason Mrs. Jones is nice is she is caring. In particular Mrs. Jones is nice because she is forgiving. The reason she is forgiving is she brought Roger into her home and washed him up. She also fed him lima beans and ham after Roger took her pocketbook. I think that Mrs. Jones wants Roger
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