Analysis Of Thank You Ma Am

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In the story “Thank you ma'am” by Langston Hughes it shows that Mrs. Luella Bates washington Jones is old school. She is old school because she uses tons of old words and phrases. She is stern she doesn’t really understand kids. One day, a boy named Roger Came up to Mrs. L and stole her purse, so she decided to take him to her house and teach him a lesson. The most obvious reason why Mrs. Luella Bates is old school is because she uses old words and phrases. For example, she calls her purse a pocket book. Also, when Rodger stole her purse she went out and said, “Pick up my pocket book boy.” She was never afraid to stand up to someone. To add on to this, she talks weird, and it sounds like she is from the south. When she is talking to the boy about not stealing she goes, “Now ain’t you ashamed of yourself.” Also she says, “Um hum” to Rodger a lot because she’s trying to make him tell the truth. This proves that Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones is old school, because she uses old words and phrases. …show more content…

Luella is very stern, this shows how old school she is. In one case, the second the boy touched Mrs. Luellas purse, she snached it right out of his hands and kicked “Right square in his blue jeaned sitter.” Furthermore, she didn’t ask him to wash his face, she told him too. This shows that she is very stern. In addition, she makes him do all kinds of things. For example, she make him sit down, she makes him to eat more supper, and tells him to behave himself right before he leaves her house. Another thing Mrs. Luella did in the beginning was that she tells him to pick up her pocket book and wash his face. Also, she asked him, “Do you got someone at home to tell you to wash your face. Well now it’s all going to be washed this evening.” All this evidence shows how old school Mrs. Luella Bates is, she is very

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