Thank You

of rhetoric today is dying. Thank You for Arguing wants to change that. By introducing rhetoric as a useful everyday tool Thank You for Arguing hopes to revive the mass knowledge and use of rhetoric in everyday conversations. Thank You for Arguing is an excellent book and by giving excellent examples combined with emotion and tools to use logic in an argument it excels in introducing such a vague concept as rhetoric and should have continued use in schools. Thank You for Arguing, written by Jay…

people are known to do impracticable things in order to survive. Sometimes even the law has to be broken in order to live a life with the necessities you need. People would steal, kill, and do pain to themselves in order to be alive. When it comes to survival, people will steal necessities they need from anyone. For example, in the book “Thank You, Ma’am”, Rodger attempts to steal Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones’ purse. He wanted money so he can buy some blue suede shoes for himself. So as…

Theme Writing Prompt The stories “Thank You Ma’m” by Langston Hughes and “The Storyteller” by Saki both portray a theme. These themes are hidden in unique ways. For example, “The Storyteller” has a theme that appears throughout the story, but “Thank You Ma’m” has a theme that comes at the end of the story. The story “Thank You Ma’m” by Langston Hughes has a theme. Its theme is good things come to those who work for it. In order to find this theme, I had to pay close attention to the…

Proctor and Gamble Thank You, Mom Campaign Procter and Gamble is one of the most, if not the most, successful companies this world has ever seen. They are the parent company of over 70 different brands including very well-known brands such as Tide, Bounty, and Pampers. Over their years, Procter and Gamble have had a number goo marketing campaigns, but their recent “Thank You, Mom” campaign is probably their most impactful marketing campaign to date. This campaign has a very impactful message…

Californians are Asian, while 25% of New Yorkers are African American, both of which make up 19% of the United States population. Rules of the Game by Amy Tan is about a young chinese girl named Waverly who ends up becoming a national chess champion. Thank You Ma’am by Langston Hughes is about an African American boy named Roger who tries to steal a woman’s purse, and ends up learning some very important life lessons from her. In Rules of the Game, Waverly’s mother is a recent immigrant from…

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…

Real Paper Who knew that after Mrs.Jones almost had her pocket book stolen that she would be so kind to Roger still. In the story,“ Thank you Ma’am”, by Langston Hughes, Mrs.Luella Bates Washington Jones, the protagonist, is a Kind-Hearted woman. Mrs.Jones is a kind-hearted woman because she took care of Rogers needs, she wanted people to change, she wants people to learn a lesson. Mrs.Jones is a Kind-Hearted woman to Roger, because she wanted Roger to learn a lesson, especially…

First Thank you m’am by Langston Hughes, it has two characters, Mrs. Jones and Roger, the name thank you M’am came from roger. Roger and Mrs Jones met in an interesting situation, it is when he tried to steal her purse, at his surprise she grabbed him and he couldn’t steal it. Mrs Jones is described as ‘a large woman carrying a large purse’ walking alone at 11 o’clock at night, and that make us think of her character as cold and unfriendly, Roger is described as a thief of course and as he…

Counselor and life coach, Laura Trice, in her 2008 TED Talk “Remember to Say Thank You” eulogizes the importance of praising, admiration, and saying thank you and that an individual should not be scared to praise someone or ask to be praised. Trice utilizes personal narrative, and repetition, with a optimistic, compassionate, and comforting tone to tell her audience about the importance of praising or being praised. She does this to tell the audience to not be afraid to ask for something. In the…

Thank you M’am The book “Thank you M’am” by Langston Hughes. I think that Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones took Roger home because she related to him and what he did. She probably did that because she thought that when she was young she would have wished someone to teach her to do things the right way, so she wanted to be that someone for the troubled kid Roger, also because she wanted to teach him a lesson by making him feel guilty about trying to steal the purse so that he would never do…