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
In a short story called, “Thank you ma’am”, the author is trying to convey the theme, or message, of the importance of showing random acts of kindness towards others to help institute change. Mrs.J show one act of kindness when she washes his face. Another when she makes Roger food at her house. Mrs.J is kind and shows multiple examples throughout the story.
The two poems that I have selected for the Analytic Paper are “Blue Light Lounge Sutra For The Performance Poets At Harold Park Hotel” and “Thanks” by Yusef Komunyakaa. The former was read and analyzed as part of a class discussion early on in the quarter while the latter is a piece never analyzed, but closely related to another that was examined for its content and stylistic techniques (“Facing It”, Penguin Anthology, page 441). Though both were written by the same author, there are specific discrepancies in rhythm and wording that create artistic differences that suit the subject of each piece.
Lola is a typical teenager who just wants to irritate her mother. It was peculiarly
“...Mayella looked as if she tried to keep clean, and I was reminded of the row of red geraniums in the Ewell yard.” (Lee, Chapter 18). Mayella Ewell and her family were very low on the class scale. They lived in a filthy house by the town dump and everyone thought of them as a trashy family. This quote from To Kill A Mockingbird is taking place during the trial of Tom Robinson. Bob Ewell still looks as filthy as usual but Mayella has attempted to keep herself clean because she wants people to look at her differently. Mayella does not want people to compare her to her father. Her father is a slob, filthy, rude, and a trashy man and Mayella wants a better life that that.
In the beginning, she was young, innocent, tomboyish girl who only wanted to play outside with her older brother and shoot her brand new gun that she received for Christmas. She didn’t want to grow up to be a lady, all prim and proper and dressed up. But in the end of the book, she had become more ladylike, albeit only by a little bit. She learned a valuable life lesson from her father, suffered tragic events that she most likely would never forget, and was taught how to truly be a lady to a man in need. One example of this is in the end of the book, she walks Boo Radley home. “I slipped my hand into the crook of his arm. He had to stoop to accommodate me, but if Miss Stephanie Crawford was watching from her upstairs window, she would see Arthur Radley escorting me down the sidewalk, as any gentleman would do,” (Lee, 278). She acts like a lady by walking Boo home the way a proper lady would. Another example of how she changed is when she learns the lesson that the book is titled after. When Mr. Tate leaves, he says that Bob Ewell fell on his knife in order to protect Boo Radley. Afterwards, Atticus asks Scout if she understands. “Finally he raised his head. ‘Scout,’ he said, ‘Mr. Ewell fell on his knife. Can you possibly understand?’... ‘Yes sir, I understand,’ I reassured him. ‘Mr. Tate was right.’ Atticus disengaged himself and looked at me. ‘What do you mean?’ ‘Well, it’d be sort of like shootin’ a mockingbird,
Answer: Ma views Loung as troublesome and un-lady like. Ma also continuously compares Loung to her siblings, and she wishes that Loung would simply sit still, not ask questions and grow up quickly. Pa on the other hand encourages Loung to be herself, ask questions and to act her age. Pa is quoted “Loung is too smart and clever for people to understand.”
Ludovic's parents, Hanna and Pierre, are amazingly tolerant of their seven-year-old's irresistible desire to dress in skirts, even though they try to reason with him to behave otherwise. Though there were moments when the child’s parents about lost it, they were amazingly tolerable to his desires and still managed to keep that family unity, something I am not so sure would go over well in an American setting where boys play baseball and girls play dress up. However, noting the obvious differences, the film does share similarities that we might overlook. The...
The grandmother is an old woman who believes that the ways of the world should be kept the same and not change. She calls a black child ‘pickaninny’ and has many references to “back in her day.” She has very traditional ways and values. She dresses very fancy and proper in a nice dress while the mother in the story wears pants which are not considered to be ladylike. She dresses this nicely even though they are just going to be sitting in a car
The Southern women were told and obligated, by some code of southern conduct, to mature into fair-smelling, perfect "ladies." By "ladies" they meant women who were well mannered, good at embroidery, and wore frilly, lacy dresses. One example of this southern tradition occurs when Aunt Alexandra comes to the Finch residence to help Atticus raise his children during the trial. When first arriving she says to Scout, "We decided that it would be best for you to have some feminine influence. It won't be many years, Jean Louise, before you become interested in clothes and boys." This comment implies that the only subjects girls are expected to understand are boys and clothes. Aunt Alexandra makes no mention of Jean Louise's intelligence, education, or personality. Her diction suggests that the only thing Jean Louise is capable of pursuing is her attire and a man. Scout discovers what a "southern lady" is as she notices how Aunt Alexandra "chose protective garments that drew up her bosom to giddy heights, pinched in her waist, flared out her rear, and managed to suggest that Aunt Alexandra's was once an hour-glass figure." Scout was considered to be very improper, wearing overalls and pants, but Aunt Alexandra would still try and introduce her to other ladies. I assume that she did this to try and influence Scout. She hoped Scout would form lady-like habits by watching others. Another example takes place after the trial, when Jem is appalled at the decision the court makes in response to Tom Robinson's case.
Aside from the mother’s race and gender, her lack of education also plays a role in the hardships in her life. Hughes makes her limited education apparent in his use of her vernacular. Words like “ain’t” and “I’se” (MS lines 4, 9) symbolize the fact that Mother is from a Black background and she does not have sufficient education. These limitations, however, do not keep her from persevering and keeping a positive paradigm. She wants her son to realize that, though they may not have the best education or a more advantageous skin color, they must strive to overcome these hardships to reach their higher potential.
This also stresses the importance of becoming a "lady." To be a lady in the south obviously means more than simply being a female; one has to look and act the part according to the people of that time. Even Atticus, a man who stands for equality, makes sexist comments of his own. "I guess it's to protect our frail women from sordid cases like Tom's." (221) Atticus' remarks prove that sexism and gender roles are a norm in society, and their offensiveness is not greatly considered.
Deconstruction of Thank You, Ma’am. & nbsp ; There are a million acts of kindness each day. Some young man gives a stranger a compliment, or a teacher brightens a students morning. But, in the world we live in today, these acts are rare to come by. In this short story Thank You, Ma’am, the boy, out of mysterious luck, gets taken in by the woman whom he was trying to steal a purse from. Her actions, following the incident towards the boy, may have seemed very as complicated as life is, there will not always be someone for you to lean on and depend on. The first and most foremost thing that would come to mind when reading this story is how caring Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones was, that she took in the boy and nurtured him; she tried to teach him between right and wrong. She gave him food, a nice conversation, and even a chance of escape, which he chose not to take, but these methods are still an immoral way of handling the situation. If a boy were to come up to an everyday woman on the streets, that victim would not be as sensitive as Mrs. the boy she caught. To teach a young man that if you steal and you are going to get special treatment is not an effective method of punishment. First of all, the boy told Mrs. Jones that he tried to steal her purse for one reason, to buy blue suede shoes for himself. She then replies, “Well you didn’t have to snatch my pocketbook to get some blue suede shoes.
She went on and on about how Miss Maudie had told her that I had broke her scuppernong this morning and when my father found out how he would send me to reform school. As she crowed on and on, she reminded me of big, fat buzzard. I knew she was talking nonsense, because I had not been near Miss Maudie's scuppernong since last summer and she would never tell Atticus even if I had broke it. Then she started to pick on Scout.
In “To Kill a Mockingbird” Harper Lee shows the reader how all women are expected to act lady-like and be proper through the actions of Mrs. Dubose, Jem, and Atticus. In Maycomb, there are social norms that girls are expected to follow. Atticus grinned, "I doubt if we'd ever get a complete case tried—the ladies'd be interrupting to ask questions" (296). Jem and Scout react to Atticus’s answer by laughing.
... My cheeks grew hot as I realized my mistake, but Miss Maudie looked gravely down at me. She never laughed at me unless I meant to be funny”(Lee 229). Miss Maudie treats Scouts like an intelligent adult who can make their own decisions and if she has instances where a Scout is hurt or needs help she is always there to support her. Miss Maudie does not ridicule Judge Scout like Alexandra does; instead she creates a supportive environment for Scouts to thrive and become modern women.