Chnage Is Always a Good Thing

Author's note: this 5 paragraph essay is about how the main character in the short story Thank You Ma'am changes throughout the story.

There she was minding her own business walking home on a dark, dark night when all of a sudden—snap—it happened. The strap on her purse brakes off and the boy falls to the ground with a loud thud. In the short story “Thank you, Ma’am” a boy named Roger starts to find out that sometimes the best thing you can do is ask.

In the beginning Rodger was a rough, tough guy that really didn’t have a good family life. I feel like he could have been abused maybe not like hitting or punching but he seemed not well fed or that fact his face was very dirty he probably doesn’t get taken care of that well. His life doesn’t seem all quite perfect back at his household.

As time goes on he still is questioning this lady he tries to rob. As she beat him up, then dragged him off to her house you could just imagine what was going threw his head. The change of him becoming a rough guy to a guy that understands that the best thing you could do is ask really starts to take place toward the middle of this short story.

As this night goes on he realizes that she wasn’t only cleaning him up and taking care of him but she was teaching him a lesson. Although it doesn’t tell you specifically that she taught him a lesson you can still tell it threw the words of this book. So what do you think the lesson was here? I thought it was that he didn’t need to try and steal her purse.

In conclusion he changes for the good instead of bad. Although he never saw this lady again, they parted with goodbyes. She eventually gave him money for the shoes he wanted in the beginning. Just like the main character Rodger you know sometimes the best thing you can do is ask.