A. Answer the following questions:
1. Who are the characters in the story?
- In this story, there are only two characters: Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones and an adolescent named Roger.
2. What happens when Roger tries to steal Mrs. Jones's purse?
- After he tries to take her pocketbook, Mrs. Jones showed him kindness.
3. Why does Roger try to steal the purse?
- In "Thank You, M'am," Roger attempted to steal Mrs. Jones' handbag in order to get enough money to buy a pair of blue suede shoes.
4-5. Does Mrs. Jones bring Roger to a police officer? Where does Mrs. Jones bring Roger?
- Instead of calling the cops, she took Roger home with her and wanted to talk to him.
6. Volatility is characterized by a rapid or unexpected change. Which situation below shows this?
- a. How Mrs. Jones treats Roger even he tries to steal her purse.
7. What does it show when Mrs. Jones doesn't punish Roger or doesn't let him be punished? Instead, she becomes considerate.
- a. Volatility
B. In the story, Roger has a great experience with Mrs. Jones. Will it shape him into a good individual in the future? Why or why not?
- Yes, definitely
Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones has a big impact on Roger in Langston Hughes' short story "Thank You, M'am" because of her compassion, care, and kindness. Her handbag is stolen by Roger, who claims it's because he wants to buy some blue suede shoes. She invites him into her home, makes him dinner, serves him dessert, and gives him $10 to buy his shoes. Roger was living on the streets as an abandoned orphan at the time he met Mrs. Jones, as we see when he informs her he has no family, no home, and no meal waiting for him. Despite the fact that her benevolence only lasts a moment in his life, it has a long-lasting impact on him because it is a significant eye-opener. Roger was about to go on the path that most street youths take: a life of crime until he met Mrs. Jones. Mrs. Jones, on the other hand, transforms his life's course by not taking him to the cops out of mercy, but out of compassion for him. As a matter of fact, she is particularly compassionate when he tells him about her own mistakes, which she would be too humiliated to tell Roger or even God about. She further shows him compassion when she confesses that she too wanted things she couldn't get when she was younger. She opens Roger's eyes by expressing these things to him, showing him that he isn't alone in the world; other people have been in the same boat as him and have risen beyond their circumstances. He won't fall into a life of crime now that he knows others may rise above their situations; instead, he'll be strong, courageous, and discover ways to improve his own life. Mrs. Jones also gives him ten dollars to buy shoes, which is probably the only money she has at the moment and tells him that all he had to do was ask. More importantly, the money she gives him is for a nice pair of shoes, not a pair of shoes out of necessity
Because of her kindness, he was able to realize that individuals in the world are compassionate enough to understand that people's wants can be just as significant as, if not more so, than their necessities; it allowed him to see something he had never seen before in his life: that some people really do care. Her generosity also taught him that if he ever needed help, all he had to do was ask for it. He won't fall into a life of crime in order to exist now that he understands he can ask for aid, even if it's to fulfill wants rather than needs. He'll come up with new means of surviving.
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