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Thank You, Ma’am

Langston Hughes


Langston Hughes

b. 1902d. 1967

“I have discovered in life that there are ways of getting almost anywhere you want to go, if you really want to go.


The general message or idea that an author wishes to convey in a work

Literary Terms: Theme


• Winter, Sickness, and Death

• Self-sacrifice

• Friendship

• Hard Work

Story Themes


Mrs. Jones• Walking alone

at night• Lives in

boarding house• Beans and ham

Roger• No parent

figure• hungry• dirty

PovertyStory Themes


• Life Lessons–Trust–Accountability–Empathy–Kindness

Story Themes


Other Themes?


Literary Terms: Point of View

The perspective or “eyes” or “voice” through which a story is told.


Literary Terms: POV

3rd Person Limited mostly “fly on the wall” but slightly in Roger’s point of view


Literary Terms: Symbols

A thing that represents an idea.


Literary Terms: Symbols

Shoes


Literary Terms: Dialect

• Words or phrases that reflect the “regional variety of a language”

• Often includes slang


Dialect Examples p 16

* ain’t * I didn’t aim to

* gonna * sit you down

* could of * I were* late as it be * fix us

Ebonics – Black English

Other Types of English?


Literary Terms: Rhyme / Alliteration/ Repetition

• Words or phrases that end with the same sound.

• Words that begin with the same sound.

• Repeating words or phrases for emphasis.


“Harlem” Langston

Hughes


HarlemWhat happens to a dream deferred?Does it dry upLike a raisin in the sun?Or fester like a sore —And then run?Does it stink like rotten meat?Or crust and sugar over —like a syrupy sweet?Maybe it just sagslike a heavy load.Or does it explode?


If I Can Stop One Heart from Breaking Emily Dickinson

If I can stop one Heart from breaking

I shall not live in vain If I can ease one life the Aching Or cool one Pain Or help one fainting Robin Unto his Nest again I shall not live in Vain.


Review Idioms

• Get through with

• Make a dash for

• Set the table


Who?

• Roger

• Mrs. Jones


When / Where?

• 1950s

• Any Large City in America


What / Why?

• Theft occurs

• Roger wants something


• How old is Roger? Mrs. Jones? How does Roger get caught by Mrs. Jones?

• Why does Roger tell her the truth about running? Why did Roger try to steal the purse?

Understanding the story


• How does Mrs. Jones feel about Roger? Is she angry at him? Does she like him?

• Why does she take him home? How does she treat him at home?



• How does Mrs. Jones treat Roger initially? How does this behavior change?

• Find sentences that demonstrate that Mrs. Jones understands Roger very well.



• What kind of details does Hughes use in the description of Roger? Of Mrs. Jones?

• Why does Mrs. Jones give Roger the money? Does this action cost her anything?



• Do you think Mrs. Jones’ actions changed Roger’s life?

• Would you have done what Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones did?



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