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    1) The story describes an encounter between Roger, a teenage boy trying to steal an older woman's purse, and Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones. 2) When Roger fails to steal her purse due to its weight, Mrs. Jones drags him home with her to give him food and talk to him. 3) At her home, Mrs. Jones learns Roger was trying to steal to buy blue suede shoes. She gives him $10 to buy the shoes and tells him not to steal in the future.

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    1) The story describes an encounter between Roger, a teenage boy trying to steal an older woman's purse, and Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones. 2) When Roger fails to steal her purse due to its weight, Mrs. Jones drags him home with her to give him food and talk to him. 3) At her home, Mrs. Jones learns Roger was trying to steal to buy blue suede shoes. She gives him $10 to buy the shoes and tells him not to steal in the future.

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    By Langston Hughes: "Thank You Ma'Am"

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    Jessica Gonzales Pangilinan - Domantay
    1) The story describes an encounter between Roger, a teenage boy trying to steal an older woman's purse, and Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones. 2) When Roger fails to steal her purse due to its weight, Mrs. Jones drags him home with her to give him food and talk to him. 3) At her home, Mrs. Jones learns Roger was trying to steal to buy blue suede shoes. She gives him $10 to buy the shoes and tells him not to steal in the future.

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    “THANK YOU MA’AM”

    By Langston Hughes
    1
    The story begins with an encounter between Roger,
    a teenage boy, and Mrs. Luella Bates Washington
    Jones, an older woman walking
    2 home from work
    late one night.
    He attempts to steal her purse, but because it is so heavy, and
    Mrs. Jones is quite stout, he merely ends up breaking the strap
    instead. She kicks him and grabs him by the shirt, asking if he
    feels ashamed of himself. 3Roger admits that he does.
    Mrs. Jones notices that his face is dirty and his hair is
    uncombed; she asks if there is anyone looking after
    him. When he answers 'no', she drags him home with
    her, saying when she's finished
    4
    with him, he'll be sure
    never to forget he met her.
    When Roger and Mrs. Jones arrive at her house, she
    asks if he's had supper. She assumes that since he was
    5
    trying to steal her purse, he must be hungry.
    But we learn that he wanted her money to buy a pair
    of blue suede shoes. When Mrs. Jones tells Roger
    that he could've asked her for the money, he doesn't
    quite believe
    6
    her.
    Mrs. Jones explains to Roger that she was young once, too, and also
    couldn't afford the things she wanted. She confides that, like the
    teenage boy, she used to do some pretty shameful things, too. While
    they eat, she refrains from embarrassing Roger by not asking him
    anything else about his life; instead, she talks about her job in a hotel
    beauty shop, where she meets women 7
    with all different colors of hair.
    At the end of the story, Mrs. Jones gives Roger ten dollars to buy
    the blue suede shoes and tells him not to steal her purse or
    anyone else's for that matter, as shoes purchased with stolen
    money cause more trouble than they're worth. When she leads
    him to the door and bids him good night, Roger wants to say
    something other than 'thank you, ma'am,' but nothing suitable
    comes to mind. As he turns to look at Mrs. Jones in the doorway,
    he can barely get the words, 'thank
    8
    you,' out of his mouth before
    she shuts the door.
    THANK YOU

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