In the short story "Thank you Ma'am", by Langston Hughs, Hughs highlights that no matter how bad of a situation you're in; you can get overcome it with kindness. The protagonist, Luella Bates Washington Jones, is teaching a young boy named Roger right from wrong, after he tried to steal her pocketbook for blue suede shoes. Mrs. Jones says, "'I have done things, too, which I would not tell you, son—neither tell God, if he didn’t already know" (Hughs 3). The fact that Mrs. Jones brings back her past trying to teach Roger a lesson demonstrates that she has also been in a similar situation. Luella doesn't act maliciously around Roger for trying to steal her pocketbook instead, she feeds him, makes him wash his face, and even gives him advice. She
