How He Changed

Authors Note: This piece is my prediction to the end Short Story Thank you Ma'ma. I used text evidence from the story to support my prediction on the short story.

The boy wanted to do something in return for Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones so before she closed the door on him he asked her “is there anything I can do to make up for this”. Mrs. Jones replied in a shocked voice and said “yeah I got some things for you to do, be here tomorrow at 7”. He them turned and walked away with a smile knowing that he would soon repay her. Roger at Mrs. Jones house help her and liked hanging out with her. Treating her like his mom he helped her a lot over the summer and when Mrs. Jones found out he really had no legally guardian she decided to adopt him.

Roger’s life was pretty screwed up considering that he had no parents and was trying to steal other people’s possessions. But when Roger received this intervention from Mrs. Jones he felt as if he had to do something to repay her for help. He did this because after she closed the door in the actual story he regretted only saying “Thank you, ma’am.” So I predicted that Roger would go back to Mrs. Luella Bates and help her with everyday stuff. Despite Roger helping her I predicted that she would adopt him. At the end of the book Langston Hughes left the book hanging leaving a room for anything to happen. Using the text support from the book my prediction can be accurate.