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'Have You Ever Felt Nice In Thank You Ma Am'
Have you ever felt nice? In the story “Thank You Ma’am” by Langston Hughes, Mrs.Jones is nice. One reason she is nice is Mrs.Jones is forgiving. Another reason Mrs. Jones is nice is she is trusting and the last reason Mrs. Jones is nice is she is caring.

In particular Mrs. Jones is nice because she is forgiving. The reason she is forgiving is she brought Roger into her home and washed him up. She also fed him lima beans and ham after Roger took her pocketbook. I think that Mrs. Jones wants Roger to learn his actions have consequences. Specifically so Roger would never steal again. Because she is forgiving is my first reason why Mrs. Jones is nice.

Another reason Mrs. Jones is nice is she is trusting because she left Roger in a room with
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