Thank You Ma'M Analysis
THANK YOU MA’M
Author :Langston Hughes,He had difficulties as a young African American in the early 1900’s,then he began writing poetry to cope with this.He felt it was important to write about his African American experience.This story is one of his many stories about city life for African Americans.
Title:The title suggests that someone feels grateful for somebody else’s behaviour and thanks her.(or someone appreciates something done by a woman thanks her.)
Setting:In Harlem, in a city /NY city in 1920’s at night(about eleven o’ clock)
Point of view:The story is told from the third person point of view because the narrator tells the story from outside the action.The narrator is limited.Because the narrator tells the story from the perspective of only one character
Central conflict:is between a boy and a strong and large woman.Between two characters so it is regarded as an external conflict.(The boy tries to steal her purse but as he turns to flee he falls downand the woman is able to grab him by the shirt.
Plot
Introduction:Mrs Luella Bates Washington Jones is walking home from work one night,when a young teenager attempts to snatch her purse.HHe breaks the strap in his haste to get away and Mrs Jones gives him a kick shakes him and finally grabs him by his shirt.
Inciting incident:When the boy breaks the strap in his haste to snatch the large purse or just when the boy attempts to snatch the purse ,inciting incident occurs because this event creates the struggle or conflict between the characters.
Development:The woman gives the boy a kick,shakes him and gives him a stern lecture and then marches him off to her furnished single room.She wants him to wash his face. Then she asks him about himself.and learns that his name is Roger and he tried to steal her purse to buy blue suede shoes.She prepares the dinner for the two.
Climax:While Mrs Jones is cookingdinner,the boy remains seated near the purse and we wonder if he’ll steal the purse and run
Author :Langston Hughes,He had difficulties as a young African American in the early 1900’s,then he began writing poetry to cope with this.He felt it was important to write about his African American experience.This story is one of his many stories about city life for African Americans.
Title:The title suggests that someone feels grateful for somebody else’s behaviour and thanks her.(or someone appreciates something done by a woman thanks her.)
Setting:In Harlem, in a city /NY city in 1920’s at night(about eleven o’ clock)
Point of view:The story is told from the third person point of view because the narrator tells the story from outside the action.The narrator is limited.Because the narrator tells the story from the perspective of only one character
Central conflict:is between a boy and a strong and large woman.Between two characters so it is regarded as an external conflict.(The boy tries to steal her purse but as he turns to flee he falls downand the woman is able to grab him by the shirt.
Plot
Introduction:Mrs Luella Bates Washington Jones is walking home from work one night,when a young teenager attempts to snatch her purse.HHe breaks the strap in his haste to get away and Mrs Jones gives him a kick shakes him and finally grabs him by his shirt.
Inciting incident:When the boy breaks the strap in his haste to snatch the large purse or just when the boy attempts to snatch the purse ,inciting incident occurs because this event creates the struggle or conflict between the characters.
Development:The woman gives the boy a kick,shakes him and gives him a stern lecture and then marches him off to her furnished single room.She wants him to wash his face. Then she asks him about himself.and learns that his name is Roger and he tried to steal her purse to buy blue suede shoes.She prepares the dinner for the two.
Climax:While Mrs Jones is cookingdinner,the boy remains seated near the purse and we wonder if he’ll steal the purse and run