How Does Langston Hughes Use Literary Devices In Thank You Ma Am

people think short stories are boring, but I don’t they are full of all different kinds of funny, interesting or amazing knowledge. In the short story “Thank You, Ma'am” written by Langston Hughes it shows that some people are not what you expect them to be. He uses many powerful things in this story such as literary devices and different ways of describing the characters.

Langston Hughes uses several literary devices, and one is imagery. He uses this style a lot throughout. An example of imagery is “But the boys weight and the weight of the purse combined caused him to lose his balance so, instead of taking off full blast as he had hoped, the boy fell on his back on the sidewalk, and his legs flew up. The large woman simply turned around and kicked him right in his blue-jeaned sitter.” He uses this style to make us see what he did when writing it.

He uses this style many times throughout the story to make the reader appreciate the writer's skills. “Now, here, take this ten dollars and buy yourself some blue suede shoes.” it was really ironic that Mrs. Jones gave Roger money after he tried to steal her purse. She surprised us all that ready the story that she is a very kind person. Most people don't give up money after all most people are greedy and keep their money for themselves. I think that this is showing that she helped Roger by giving him money for shoes doesn't mean that he will use it for shoes and more people should be like Mrs.