The short story “Thank You Ma’am” by Langston Hughes and “The Six Rows Of Pompons” by Toshio Mori have a common theme which is with a good leader leads to responsibility. In both of the stories the to people that teach the two younger kids in the story how to be more responsible. In “Thank You Ma’am” by Langston Hughes the main character Roger Gets taught respect. A quote that shows he got taught responsibility is “The boy wanted to say something else other than “Thank you, m’am” to Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones, but he couldn’t do so as he turned at the barren stoop and looked back at the large woman in the door.…
Has an adult ever helped you in your life as a teen? This can happen in both fictional stories and in real life. We read 4 stories about adults helping teens. Thank You Ma’am by: Langston Hughes, about a boy with a bad home life when a stranger helps him. The Drummer Boy of Shiloh by: Ray Bradbury, about a scared drummer boy in a battle.…
Besides being the sassiest, most disrespectful mutts who ever passesher way, we were told that it was quite a pity that our father had not remarried after our mother’s death. A lovelier lady than my mother never lived, she said, and it was heartbreaking the way that Atticus Finch let her kids run wild. I did not remember our mother, but Jem did- he would tell me about her sometimes and went livid when Mrs. Dubose shot us this message”. This quote proves that Mrs. Dubose is a mean and evil lady.…
Embarrassed and hiding her face, Amy Tan struggles to accept herself during an excruciating dinner her mother had set up with an american family. The lesson she was taught here is one she will come to remember for a long time. This story, Fish Cheeks, by Tan shines a light on the idea that parents lessons are better learned through austerity. Kids will remember the moments in life where they felt strong emotions, like anger, embarrassment, and shame. Kids remember lessons through thoughts and feelings, and getting a harsh lesson from a parent is always remembered.…
A mother should love here child. What can be said about a mothers love when she threatens to wip her child. Is it being curl? Richard writes short story " the right to the street of Memphis" depicte mrs write as strong , caring , wise. Mrs writes remanded strong during an difficult family crisis.…
Do you ever come to a road block in your life and not know what to do? Everyday every person all around the world has some type of task/goal that they want to achieve that day. Sometimes your goal could seem impossible. Some characters from our Facing Challenges unit had to face some difficult decisions in order to achieve their goal/task. Throughout these tough decisions, the characters struggled but maintained themselves calmly.…
Life of an African American During the Harlem Renaissance During the Harlem Renaissance, racial discrimination was prevalent against African Americans. In Ann Petry’s novel, The Street, Lutie Johnson and other minor subjects are greatly affected by their surroundings in Harlem. Lutie Johnson is an important symbol of her novel because she shows the struggle of raising a son in the midst of a poverty-stricken area dealing with an African American life.…
In the Fictional, Thank You, Ma’am,” by Langston Hughes, Mrs. Jones plays three stages of dynamic change throughout the story from a uncaring character to treating someone as if her own with forgivingness and generosity towards the end. Mrs. Jones having looking forward to an uneventful life is displeased when something unpleasant takes place. “The large women simply turned around and kicked him right square in his blue-jean sitter.” (Hughes, 1) This quote illustrates that not caring, Mrs. Jones applies violence towards the situation with Roger yet not aware of his character. Indeed, a highly appropriate response to such a situation, as Roger had tried to steal her purse.…
“A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives”, once said Jackie Robinson a famous baseball player. An impact is having a strong effect on someone or something. In certain pieces of literature characters are impacted and affected by the urban setting. Having an urban setting affects the characters or people in the lyrics of “New York, New York” and “Chicago” by Frank Sinatra, the short story “Thank you Ma'am” by Langston Hughes, and the Novel Seedfolks written by Paul Fleischman. Characters and people in lyrics are affected from an urban setting.…
Langston Hughes was a famous African-American literary figure born in 1902. Although Hughes was primarily recognized by his many poems, he also had different types of writings in his literary career that portrayed him as a novelist, playwright, and children’s books author. Hughes was a strong and inspiring person who had faced obstacles throughout his lifetime; many of which ended in saddening disappointments. One major shift in his point of view that impacted his life was the dreadful realization that his perception of what the American Dream was turned out to be a lie. James Truslow Adams once wisely stated that the American Dream is "…that dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or…
The Harlem Renaissance depicted a time in the United States of celebration of the African American culture. Of these voices, black artist Langston Hughes emerged as a poet who found his name in history, not only for his African American works but his raw interpretation of the culture. Only at the age of 21-years old, Langston Hughes produced “Mother to Son” to represent the familial relationship in a black household. Hughes incorporates deep contrasts in the subject’s life through literary comparisons with descriptive language while connecting the whole story with a distinct form of language structure. Hughes has the mother in the poem express her wishes for her son through a single metaphor: a staircase.…
Once he recognized the political and economic pressures of his age, he stopped writing about music and started writing about issues during his age (“Celebrating The Legacy of Langston Hughes). Many people in his time thought that African Americans would tell their story through tales of slavery and painting a picture of Africa. But instead, African Americans knew their story would be retold by the Harlem Renaissance (Robinson). In his literature, Hughes would balance his humor with his anger while lashing out at others’ violence and oppression, whether racial or economic (Dace). Fine Clothes to the Jew, a book of Hughes’s poetry, was castigated for the title and honesty of the content.…
Hughes, Langston. “I Too. Sing America.” New York Times 5 Jan 2010: A16 Online.…
Among the short stories that I have read, I chose “Thank you ma’m” by Langston Hughes. The author from this story have developed the protagonist Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones from negative to positive way. When I first read this story, I had a negative impression about Mrs. Jones because of her strong appearance and powerful actions. However, as the story goes on I got to know her real human nature.…
Who am I? Where did I come from? What religion should I practice? Who is my God? These are questions that African Americans have yet to adequately answer.…