Analysis Of Thank You M Am By Langstons Hughes
Have you ever tried stealing and got caught? The boy in "Thank You M'am" by: Langstons Hughes did. Mrs. Jones, the lady the boy tried to steal from, didn't do what most people do. Which is call the police. She then instead took the boy to her home. Most people would disagree with what she did. Although Mrs. Jones could have just called the police when the boy tried to steal her pocketbook, she took him to her house, which was an important setting in the story. The story is about Mrs. Jones walking home from work, when a boy tries to steal her pocketbook. She then grabs the boy and takes him home. She tells the boy to wash up because he is filthy. When the boy gets done washing up, Mrs. Jones is in her kitchen cooking dinner. Mrs.