Comparing Thank You Ma 'Am And The Blue Carbuncle'

"Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy." Matthew 5:7. Mercy is something people need, whether they give it or receive it. Love is a prerequisite of mercy. Forgiveness connects people in ways that might benefit each other because if people can forgive each other for their mistakes then that shows mercy to the other person. Trust comes from showing mercy to someone. If people can trust one another than they are able to show mercy in different aspects of other people's lives. Mrs. Luella in "Thank you Ma'am" and Sherlock Holmes in "The Blue Carbuncle" gave mercy to someone they did not even know because they overflowed with love, forgave, and trusted. To begin with, both figures in the two stories show love to people they have never met before. They offer the culprits mercy by displaying love to them even though they might not deserve it. In "Thank you Ma'am" by Langston Hughes Mrs. Luella Bates shows love to Roger - a boy who tried to steal her handbag, which she caught him in the action - by bringing him home and showing her hospitality to him. Whether …show more content…
They give forgiveness when they could have reprimanded the thieves and sent them over to the police. Luella forgave the boy when he tried to steal her handbag. " She led him down the hall to the front door and opened it. "Goodnight!" Behave yourself, boy!" she said, looking out into the street." Mrs. Luella forgave the boy by deciding that she would let him go away without calling the police. In addition, Sherlock forgives James Ryder by letting him go after figuring out the mystery, and he says to Watson, "Send him to jail now, and you make him a jail-bird for life. Besides, it is the season of forgiveness." Even though Sherlock might have committed a felony, he still let the thief go out of forgiveness. Both of the characters in the stories had forgiveness in their hearts and were willing to let the thieves