In human nature, tough love can form a person's future. This is highly expressed in the short story “Thank You Ma’am” by Langston Hughes.
In the short story “Thank You Ma’am” by Langston Hughes, a young boy named Roger is mysteriously wandering through a street at 11:00 pm, alone. But when he sees a woman named Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones he decides to run up to her and attempts to steal her purse. Roger then fails to steal her purse and is now held accountable. He soon finds himself in a bit of a predicament when she starts to pry the truth out of him on why he really wanted to steal her purse. But later on, he learns that tough love can appoint you somewhere in your future.
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Luella Bates Washington Jones and Roger gives us an image on what Roger may be going through because he says “You gonna take me to jail?” asked the boy, bending over the sink. “Not with that face, I wouldn’t take you anywhere,” said the woman “Here I am trying to get home to cook me a bite to eat and you snatch my pocket book! Maybe you ain’t been to your supper either, late as it be. Have you?” “There’s nobody home at my house,” said the boy. But Roger didn’t want to be at the woman’s house any longer, he was wondering if he should just run out of the house at this point while the woman was sitting on the day bead, but then Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones started to understand on what kind of things Roger was going through and how it affected him. She saw how Roger can use some help and advice so he can use it in the future and not get into any more trouble. Therefore she starts to talk about how she too has made mistakes in her life and how she wouldn’t tell them to Roger nor God. Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones obviously gets more comfortable with Roger by sharing on how sometimes you make mistakes and that’s how you learn from them. When she starts to talk about the mistakes she had done, you can tell that their trust in each other has grew because not only did their trust in each other has grown
In the short story “Thank You Ma’am” by Langston Hughes, a young boy named Roger is mysteriously wandering through a street at 11:00 pm, alone. But when he sees a woman named Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones he decides to run up to her and attempts to steal her purse. Roger then fails to steal her purse and is now held accountable. He soon finds himself in a bit of a predicament when she starts to pry the truth out of him on why he really wanted to steal her purse. But later on, he learns that tough love can appoint you somewhere in your future.
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Luella Bates Washington Jones and Roger gives us an image on what Roger may be going through because he says “You gonna take me to jail?” asked the boy, bending over the sink. “Not with that face, I wouldn’t take you anywhere,” said the woman “Here I am trying to get home to cook me a bite to eat and you snatch my pocket book! Maybe you ain’t been to your supper either, late as it be. Have you?” “There’s nobody home at my house,” said the boy. But Roger didn’t want to be at the woman’s house any longer, he was wondering if he should just run out of the house at this point while the woman was sitting on the day bead, but then Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones started to understand on what kind of things Roger was going through and how it affected him. She saw how Roger can use some help and advice so he can use it in the future and not get into any more trouble. Therefore she starts to talk about how she too has made mistakes in her life and how she wouldn’t tell them to Roger nor God. Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones obviously gets more comfortable with Roger by sharing on how sometimes you make mistakes and that’s how you learn from them. When she starts to talk about the mistakes she had done, you can tell that their trust in each other has grew because not only did their trust in each other has grown