The found poem was taken from “Thank You, M’am” by Langston Hughes. It shows the man versus man conflict between Roger, the protagonist, and the Ma’m (Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones). In my poem it represents the exposition of the story, where the external conflict happens in the story with Roger attempting to snatch Mrs. Luella’s purse. The purse strap broke and Roger lost his balance. Then he was caught by Mrs. Luella, but she didn’t decide to call the cops, she took roger back home. The rest of the story that my poem didn’t show goes on with another internal conflict. Mrs. Luella asked why did Roger attempt to steal her purse, Roger murmured that he wanted a blue shoes, he needs money for it. Mrs. Luella replied: “Well, you didn’t have to snatch my pocketbook to get some suede shoes,” After Mrs. Luella took Roger back home, he started to struggle with himself to run out the door or to stay. He chooses to stay because he felt ashamed of stealing the purse from Mrs. Luella, and Mrs. Luella didn’t call the cops. It was also an important lesson to Roger that stealing things was a real big mistake. The story ends with Roger leaving Mrs. Luella’s house. “The boy wanted to say something other than, “Thank you, m’am,” to Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones, but although his lips moved, he couldn’t even say that as he turned at the foot of the barren stoop and looked up at the large woman in the door. He barely managed to say “Thank you” before she shut the door. And he never saw her again.” From the story, it displayed that Roger felt really profound of the lesson Mrs. Luella taught, then he never saw Mrs. Luella.
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