Thank You M’am

In “Thank You, M’am,” a young boy attempts to steal from an elderly woman. Instead of calling the police, the woman invites him into her house and tells him to wash his face. He reveals that he wants to buy a pair of blue suede shoes. She gives him the money, then sends him on his way, and he struggles to say thank you before she closes the door in his fac

The Characters :

Mrs.Jones:she was a large woman.

Roger:he was fourteen or fifteen years old .

Langston Hughes:

James Mercer Langston Hughes (February 1, 1902 – May 22, 1967) was an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist from Joplin, Missouri.

He was one of the earliest innovators of the then-new literary art form called jazz poetry. Hughes is best known as a leader of the Harlem Renaissance in New York City. He famously wrote about the period that “the negro was in vogue”, which was later paraphrased as “when Harlem was in vogue”.