Thank You Ma’am Summary WB Board Class 12 English
Thank You Ma’am
Langston Hughes
Author name:- | Jameo Mercer Langoton Hughes |
Born:- | 1902 |
Death:- | 1967 |
About author:- Jameo Mercer Langoton Hughes was a famous writer and social activist from America. Hughes was interested in the revival of America folk culture. Some of his well known works arte the weary Blues(1926), Not without Langhter(1930), The Way of White Folks (1934).
This Story the Sympathy Shown by an older women to a young urchin, who tried to steal her pocketbook. The young boy was eager to acknowledge the lenity shown to him by her, but he got no more chance to do that beyond a brief, “Thank You”.
Summary
Hughes’s short builds around two characters, Mrs. Luella Bates Washingston Jones and a young boy called Roger. Roger tries to fulfil his desire of owning a pair of blue suede shoes by attempting to steal the pocketbook that nelongs to Mrs. Jones. But Roger is caught red-handed by Mrs. Jones. However, Mrs. Jones feels compassion for him and does not hand him over to the police. She finds out that the boy is hungry and offers him food. Mrs. Jines seems to feel at ease in the boy’s company and tells him about her own life. she also gives him some money before bidding him good-bye. Roger is overwhelmed emotion at the goodness and sympathy he received from her. He wants to express his gratitude earnestly, but his gratefulness gets no opportunity to bloom to bloom beyond a mere “Thank you, Ma’am”, before she closed the door on his face.