Actually, he cannot stand her at all but had to put up with her because she could afford to feed him and buy him clothes. Sarhan is always broke because he has to take care of his family back in the village. He has a strong sense of responsibility towards his family and so he needs to minimize his own spending so he can send his brothers back at home to school. Sarhan is opportunists so while he is living for free in the apartment with Safeya, he still keeps his eye open for a better opportunity that may come along. He sees Zohra in a grocery shop and like all the other men is amazed by her beauty.
Because Mrs. Jones is compassionate her motherly instinct arises and treats Roger like he is her own son, even after he makes an effort to rob her. Langston Hughes exercises three different points in Thank You Ma’am to show this; Mrs. Jones makes Roger wash his face, she feeds Roger dinner, and trusts Roger enough to be left unattended, recognizing that he could steal money and run away. A way she shows mother-like acts towards Roger is she takes him back to her house after he attempts to robber her. The first thing she does is scold him to wash his face. That sounds like something a mother would say.
The family became in so much debt that the children felt as though the house was whispering and laughing behind their backs. The father of the house brought home a small income, as well as the mother, but she decided to secretly get a new job as an artist, which she earned very little money. As one can see, this message is expressed throughout the short story and is meant to show the reader that people care about their appearance so much, that they are willing to just get by daily as long as they successfully deceive others that they are well
Furthermore, Mrs. Jones’s munificence outspreads beyond feeding him. “’I wanted a pair of suede shoes,’ said the boy. ‘Well, you didn’t have to snatch my pocketbook to get some suede shoes,’ said Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones. ‘You could of asked me.’” Albeit what he did was erroneous, Mrs. Jones bequeathed Robert with $10 for his “suede
The factor of their co-dependency serves a purpose in her importance to the narrator. The mother is someone who he can come home to, and have a meal waiting for him and some new clothes once in a while, although it came from his money. The narrator recognizes all that his mother has done for him in the past and feels that it is his turn to give back and provide. With the mother still being around it is good for the narrator because he is still learning responsibility through her, and even though his father figure is not around anymore it seems like she (the mother), has taken that role. In my view, the mother’s importance to the narrator is essential and necessary.
As a young man, he saw the differences in the way women and men worked. His ideas of woman were very narrow-minded. “I thought, in the days of mothers, they went to shop in town, to run errands, at school, at the library, at church” (Sanders, 350). In his mind, this was a life of luxury. But as Sander’s said, “I was slow to understand the deep grievances of women” (Sanders, 350).
The dialogue between Paul and his mother is mainly about luck and how a person can get money if a person is lucky. From the story, the reader should be aware of Hester's crave for money and her expensive taste, so it is not surprising when she talks her son into believing that luck brings money. We could also establish at this point that the family is living a life of comfort and convienence, meaning they were not very poor; "They lived in a pleasant house, with a garden, and they had discreet servants." Paul's mother tells him that his father is not lucky and because of this, she is no longer a lucky woman. The conversation ends with Paul believing that he is a lucky boy, and the action he takes in finding this luck is what brings his demise in the end.
This could mean working long hours, even not taking a much needed vacation. ”A lot of people believe if they do work less they’ll be seen as less committed, and in a shaky economy no one wants that”(Andrew Curry 2). According to Curry people are scared of losing a job because another one is so hard to come by. This in turn makes people feel they have to work long hours or they will be fired or forced to quite but working such long hours can mean losing out on a personal life. A real life example would be my girlfriend Summer who has worked at a restaurant since they opened.
However, through her words and actions, it is gradually revealed that Mrs. Jones is also amiable, sympathetic, and altruistic. For example, she shows compassion for Roger by not calling the police to report him as a thief. Instead, she takes him home with her and feeds him dinner. She speaks to him firmly, but also in a caring and motherly way that shows her concern for his well-being, telling him to “Run that comb through your hair so you will look presentable,” and “Eat some more, son.” Mrs. Jones’s generosity to Roger extends beyond her sharing a meal with him. Roger tells her that he tried to steal her purse in order to get
Another example of this carefree attitude is when Walter’s wife tries to convince him to buy overshoes. Walter just tells his wife that he does not want them even though he needs them. Walter’s carefree attitude does not come without consequences. Because of this carefree attitude,