Roger

demons. One such case is The Lord of the Flies by William Golding. In this book, Simon represents all things good and orderly and Roger is chaotic demonspawn. Roger and Simon are foil characters in how they react to the same situations in conflicting ways. Simon is kind and graceful, the embodiment of all things good and civil; Roger is the cruelty of man…

Roger marched into the store with his head held high. It’s his birthday and nobody could break him now. Roger pauses and gives attention to the King Size Cookies n’ Cream Hershey bar on the shelf, his hand extends into his pocket before he realizes he has no money, or not any real money at least. Roger pulls out the fraudulent money, and glances at it, he notices he has three, one dollar bills, and 2 quarters, after staring at it he puts it back into his pocket. At the register, the lady’s name…

brings Roger home. Roger was a boy on the street who tried to steal Mrs. Jones’ pocketbook to get himself a pair of blue suede shoes. Mrs. Jones stops him, but instead of turning him into the police she brings him home. A possible reason for her bringing Roger home is that she feels empathetic for his living situation, and wants to help him get out of it. Mrs. Jones can understand that Roger does not live the most pleasant life, and she wants to help him improve it. She empathizes with Roger…

Washington Jones attempts to drive out Rogers wrong actions with love. She treats Roger with empathy, respect, and trusts him. Her sense of justice clearly shows that she believes in correcting people's actions with love rather than hate. After Roger’s failed attempt to steal Mrs. Jones’ purse he is brought back to her house. Not for a punishment as he would assume, but for Mrs. Jones’ attempt to help him better himself and in turn society. She is empathetic towards Roger because of his…

Agent Powell was telling the truth. And Roger Nelson and knew it. “So, C.E. Mason is like me,” Roger said after a while. “However, this happened to be America where citizens have a legal right to own property and the government cannot confiscate such property without cause.” “Yeah.” “All your actions toward me in Kirksville and here in Maryland were designed to convince C.E. Mason you weren’t onto him,” Roger said. “Right.” Roger also learned that his chance encounter with Agent Powell in…

their life. This is what Mrs. Jones did for Roger. In the short story “Thank You, M’am” by Langston Hughes, Mrs. Jones was crossing the street when Roger tryed to snatch her purse. Instead of dragging Roger to the police station Mrs. Jones decided to whip the boy into shape instead, and give him some discipline. Mrs. Jones had an impact on Roger and the kindness she had towards him changed the way he will look at life. Despite the juvenile behavior that Roger showed Mrs. Jones by snatching her…

named Roger, trying to steal a woman named Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones’s purse. Instead of getting away with it, Mrs. Jones takes Roger home because she used to be like Roger and she wanted to help him since someone helped her. When Roger tells Mrs. Jones his reason for trying to steal from Mrs. Jones was because he wanted blue suede shoes, in line 93, Mrs. Jones admits, “ ‘I were young once and I wanted things I could not get.’ ” She hints at the fact that she used to be like Roger.…

individuals not normally classified as teachers. Roger, a characters in the short story, “Thank You Ma'am,” by Langston Hughes, encounters such an unusual teacher on a city sidewalk. Roger was being a thief and Mrs. Jones encounters it in a polite way. The story tells only of the encounter, but also the kindness Roger experiences following the encounter. Because she is a fearless, trustful, and generous woman, Mrs. Jones teaches Roger a lesson he will remember. Roger is a would-be thief.…

How would someone react to an attempt of being stolen from? Well in the short story “Thank You, Ma'am” by Langston Hughes, Roger a young pickpocket fails an attempt at stealing Mrs. Jones’s pocket book by falling to the ground! In addition, Mrs. Jones steps on him, and kicks him, and even makes him pick it up! Not only did she kick him, but she dragged him home with her to feed him. This short story shows many acts of boldness, kindness, and wisdom. In the short story “Thank You, M’am,” by…

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…