Part 1: Intellectual Standards- “The vast majority of Transterra’s college apparel is manufactured in a factory in Honduras which employs primarily women and children who operate under horrific conditions.” The author is violating the intellectual standards of precision and breadth. The author does not provide enough details to emphasis that the company employs primarily women and children. It could be possible that everyone has a different meaning to horrific conditions. In other countries it
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In “Thank You‚ Ma’am” by Langston Hughes and “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost‚ the two stories both share a similar theme. It is portrayed by both authors that the moral of the stories is that all actions have consequences‚ whether they are good or bad. Langston Hughes writes a story about a sweet old lady that is walking down the sidewalk alone‚ when a boy comes up behind her and tries to steal her purse. Instead of being upset about the situation‚ the woman takes the boy into her house and
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I noticed that the lady from thank you mam is very connected with the boy and knows what he has been through. This is important because you can see that there is a reason the lady took the boy in and fed him and showered him. For Example: when she said “Um-hum! And you face is dirty. I got a great mind to wash your face for you.” That shows that even though she knows he is a troubled kid‚ she still takes him in as if he was her own. She showered the boy and fed the boy‚ Like the boy was her son
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Imagine you’ve flipped a coin three times and come up with three heads. What do you predict will come up next? According to Stephen Dubner‚ most people predict tails next‚ because they believe that too many heads has come up and that the coin must fall on the tails side‚ even though there is still a 50% percent chance the coin lands on heads. This is the basis of the gambler’s fallacy‚ which is when people make a bad decision because of the sequence of what has happens‚ and it happens everywhere
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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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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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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. The first quote that portrays this
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about the fallacies of logic so that Polly would be the perfect fit for the main character’s standards for a wife. It took him a night to make a perfect girl. And after that intellectual date‚ he decided to make their next dates romantic. After five nights‚ he finally had the courage to tell Polly his feelings that he loved him but he was shocked to the way Polly replied to his words‚ that is‚ in a way that she make use of the fallacies. He told her that he doesn’t have to apply the fallacies all the
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In the writing Thank You Ma’am by Langston Hughes Mrs.Luella Bates Washington Jones is like a mother to Roger. One reason is she’s understanding like you see in a mother. Another reason is she tough-loving like a mother bird to her chicks. The finally the last reason is she is forgiving like when a child gets introble a mom forgives them. The first reason is she is very understanding. The reason behind this is she’s been there done that scenario. Such as She states in the text “I were young once
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got a great mind to wash your wash for you‚” is what Mrs. Jones says strictly to the boy‚Roger‚ in the beginning of the story “Thank You‚ Ma’am” by Langston Hughes. Throughout the story Mrs. Jones is trying to teach Roger a major life lesson by being strict and caring at the same time. The biggest reason why Mrs. Jones wants to teach Roger a major life lesson is because she is strict. For one thing‚ she wants everything to be tidy. To prove this she says “You might want to run a comb through your
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