Thank You Ma'am

Authors note: The author’s purpose for writing this piece is to show you how things might have been different in the person being robbed, rather than the robber’s point of view.

Have you ever thought about what your actions may cause before doing something? In the story “Thank You Ma’am” by Langston Hughes, there is an attempted robbery by a young boy. What would things be like from her prospective of the story? That is a mystery. We would have never known if she hadn’t caught the boy before she was robbed. Although everybody’s prospective of something somewhat matters, the lady getting robbed is who’s really matters.

Although robbery is not only okay but against the law, the young boy did it anyway. In the short story “Thank You Ma’am” the lady who was being attempted to be robbed was most likely thinking, "why in the world would someone want to do this"? She was also probably thinking about her past as she was once a young child to who had tried to snatch money from people. She knew she wasn’t an angel but she could really relate to him because she was once quite like him.

            As you can see these details show how things might have been in the person being robbed point of view. Robber is not only okay but it is against the law. If you try to rob someone you must be hurting for a punishment. Heck, if I tried to rob someone, I would be so dead if I was caught, not saying that I would rob anyone or anything. Although everybody’s prospective of something somewhat matters, the lady getting robbed is who’s really matters.