Suede

In this essay the main topic is going to be the turning points in three different stories. A turning point is when something or something comes to a sudden change. For example, for my birthday my uncle gave me some money for whatever I wanted to buy and I was happy that what he gave me. One reason that someone's life can change is by receiving a gift. For example, in “An American Childhood” Annie Dillard gets a microscope for christmas and when she is playing around with it she finds the…

highlights. By the way her lively blue eyes look, you can see her emotion. Near her nose and eyes, you can see the many freckles that she has. Wearing a enormous grin, you can see her blue and purple braces. Commonly you'll see her wearing her favorite suede black boots with skinny jeans. The personality that she has is very gregarious.…

Thank you, M’am Why does Ms. Jones carry out a nice and friendly character throughout the story you ask? Also, how Roger changed as a result of it? Well I’ll tell you. In the story, “Thank you, M’am,” by Langston Hughes, a woman named Ms. Jones got robbed by a boy named Roger. You’d expect that Ms. Jones would punish Roger and take him to the police office, but she doesn’t do that. She takes him back to her house. Wierd right?! Well there was a reason behind her actions, and the reader might…

actions, setting, and conflict. The first way this theme is seen is through character actions. Mrs. Jones shows the character action , “When they were finished eating she got up and said, "Now, here, take this ten dollars and buy yourself some blue suede shoes” (Hughes 7). This shows Mrs. Jones giving Roger the chance to start over and get on the right path towards success in the future. Next we see the theme portrayed through setting. This is seen in the story when “She switched on the light…

In the story “Thank you m’am” by Langston Hughes, there are two characters with very different personalities and traits. Mrs. Jones is a static character that is constant throughout the whole story. She is a brutal woman, who takes it upon herself to discipline Rodger. A quote that expresses this is “The large woman simply turned around and kicked him right square in his blue jeaned sitter.” this shows Mrs. Jones was very upset with Rodgers base behavior, yet with the way she handled it, it…

him feel guilty about trying to steal the purse so that he would never do it again. Late at night when Mrs. jones was walking back from working at the beauty salon a boy walks back behind her and tries to steal her purse because he wanted some blue suede shoes. He grabs and holds on to it but then the tug of Mrs. Jones takes…

In the short story Thank You Ma’am by Langston Hughes, a boy named Roger tries to steal a purse belonging to an older woman by the name of Mrs. Jones off her. Although the boy was young this did not stop Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones from stopping him or teaching him a valuable lesson. There are multiple questions the reader should have, I know I had a ton. “Does he put her out?”, “Does the police take him away?” or even “Why did she do what she did to teach him a lesson. Instead of…

In the short story, “Thank you Ma’am” the author, Hughes uses irony to surprise the reader and the characters throughout the story. The situational and dramatic irony surprises the boy, Roger and reader by the actions that the main character, Mrs Jones took when Roger failed to steal the purse while she was walking home on the sidewalk. The author explains that Mrs. Jones purse is very heavy, but Roger does not know this and he gets the surprise of his life when, “But the boys weight and the…

such as; working for what he wanted, to forgive, and to never give up on someone. Roger took away that if he wanted something he would’ve had to work for it. He tried to steal Mrs. Jones’s purse that had money in it. Instead of working for the blue suede shoes he wanted, he wanted to take the easy way out and steal it. Although Mrs. Jones didn’t necessarily have Roger work for something she made him come back to her house, clean up and eat. He didn’t want to go back to her house but that’s what…

About two decades ago, you held me in a half-nelson and dragged me to your home to teach me some manners. I had wanted blue suede shoes so badly that I had tried to snatch your purse. You told me to never steal again, and gave me ten dollars to buy the shoes I wanted so badly. I should have contacted you sooner, because I needed to give you a proper thank you. Shortly after you let me leave your house, I went to the nearest shoe store, and bought the shoes. Not long after I grew out of them, I…