Down To The Point

Author note: This is about the story "Thank you Ma'am" by Langston Hughes point of view of the boys eyes.


Have you ever took something that wasn't yours?In the short story "Thank you Ma'am" there's two main charaters the boy who trys to snatch the purse and the large lady"Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones" the women whose purse is almost snatched,I wounder what the boy was thinkng?Well this is something he might say...

Man,I just got to have those blue suede shoes, As I was walking down the street one night thinking about how badly I wanted those shoes even though I had no no money to buy my own food, I was lonely dirty little boy and when I saw this large purse with this large helpless lady I couldn't resist but want to try and snatch her purse. It's not like I wasn't going to feel bad about it after wards but, what else could I do?..So I sneakily ran up to this lady and tried snatching her purse away the strap snapped. The large woman screamed at me and in shock kicked me then picked me up and shook me! That really did hurt I didn't give in to the pain though. The angry look the large lady made me scared more then anything.. By the time I got into her house I didn't realize what has happened,there was roommates I think or family? She couldn't dare hurt me in front of people .. Right? As the lady asked questions I answered until she told me to go wash my face of course it was a relief after I felt so much cleaner. Then this lady asked to stay for the food there was food was she trying to fatten me up? Thoughts ran through my head I just couldn't help looking at the door again and again I wanted to run,I just couldn't the trust this lady held out was too strong. By the time the food was done I was awkwardly trusting her, the food was really good. Then when I was done she told me she had took something before to that when she was a child she wanted things she couldn't have? So we have something in common of course she could have just said that but after everything she gave me money? This lady was so nice little bit crazy! With the money she gave me those pair of shoes I wanted i didn't buy, Rather than that i took it for food. I know i would need that more than anything my family would appreciate it too,i was sure of it.

In conclusion that's just a thought about what I personally think would happen next.One of the reasons why this story is a heart touching base is that it makes people realize everything happens for a reason.If the boy didn't pick the big lady as his victim he wouldn't have got money , the victim wouldn't have helped him out.This story something for anyone.