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Tag: Thank You Ma'am

Thank You, Ma’am by Langston Hughes – Analysis – Essay

Posted on July 14, 2022July 14, 2022 by JL Admin

 Hughes’s story ‘‘Thank You, Ma’m’’ seems straightforward enough on a casual reading and, indeed, its moral message of self-help aimed at the black community could hardly be more blunt. Hughes gives a vivid description of his home in Harlem with its types and characters, lamenting it as a neighborhood in decline. Yet Hughes is a…

Thank You, Ma’am by Langston Hughes – Characters

Posted on July 14, 2022July 14, 2022 by JL Admin

Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones  Hughes begins ‘‘Thank You, Ma’m’’ with an evocative description of Jones: ‘‘She was a large woman with a large purse that had everything in it but a hammer and nails.’’ This sets the tone for the development of her character. She is powerful and capable. She is overwhelmingly physically superior…

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