Thank You M’am

Recently, I have just read a short story. I like it so much and I would like to tell you about it.

“Thank You M’am” is the short story about a boy, his name is Roger who tries to steal an old lady’s purse, her name is Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones. When he tries to steal her purse, she grabs him and then yells at him. She takes him home and feeds him. She teaches some valuable lessons about setting on the right path and gives him some money for the blue suede shoes he wanted before she lets him go.

I think the story can demonstrate the important moral that “society always gives a chance to a person who used to make a mistake and change own’s mind to good way.” The value of humanness depends on good conduct and the person who can get trust from people to be an example of valuable humanness. At a part of the story, Mrs. Jones gets up and goes behind the screen. She does not watch Roger to see if he is going to run. Nor does she watch her purse which she leaves behind her on the daybed. But he takes care to sit on the far side of the room, away from the purse. When the door is opened, he can make a dash for it down the hall and he can run but he does not go. These are the things Roger does to show Mrs. Jones that he can be trusted.

Mrs. Jones is the important person that changes a Roger’s troubled life. Roger gains to meet turning point that makes him meet the new life in better way. We can perceive valuable humanness from the story. Although all everyone maybe used to make a mistake, the society is always willing to forgive and gives a chance to the person who realizes own mistake and turns to conduct in right way like Roger.

And you??? How do you think?

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