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“Thank you Ma’am” Analysis In the story “Thank You Ma’am,” Langston Hughes uses tone and characterization to contribute to the plot of the story. Langston Hughes has wrote many short stories. The short story was about how a young man tries to steal an old woman’s purse. She caught him and watches over him for a day. The tone of the story is reflective. The story is reflective, because it shows how the young man looks back on what he did to the old lady. The young man figures out stealing is not the answer to getting what you want. If he wants to get the things he wants, he needs to work for it. The old woman tells the young man about how she was able to get the things she wanted by working hard, when she also wanted to steal. There are