Which best describes the authors purpose in writing "Thank You , M'am ?

To prove that crime never pays

To illustrate how powerful and important compassion and generosity are and how they can come from unexpected places.

To prove that compassion is more powerful than cruelty

To explain how desperate poverty can make individuals

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keniyaTheGreat keniyaTheGreat

24-03-2017
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Which best describes the authors purpose in writing "Thank You , M'am ?

To prove that crime never pays

To illustrate how powerful and important compassion and generosity are and how they can come from unexpected places.

To prove that compassion is more powerful than cruelty

To explain how desperate poverty can make individuals

PLEASE HELPPP ME

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sulaimanabbott sulaimanabbott · Answer 1 · 2018-09-08T04:44:31-04:00

sulaimanabbott sulaimanabbott

08-09-2018

The answer is the second one - To illustrate how powerful and important compassion and generosity are and how they can come from unexpected places.

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michell96 michell96 · Answer 2 · 2019-04-20T16:29:40-04:00

The correct answer is B. To illustrate how powerful and important compassion and generosity are and how they can come from unexpected places.

Explanation:

"Thank You, M'am" is a short story written by the American writer Langston Hughes in which there are two African-American main characters Roger who is a poor kid that tries to steals the purse of Mrs. Jones an elderly woman because he wanted to buy a pair of shoes. When this happens, the reaction of Mrs. Jones is not to call the police but to take care of the kid by feeding him and giving him the money to buy the shoes, at the end of the story when Roger leaves the house of the old woman the words "Thank You, M'am" come to his mind. This story the theme or main message the author wants to transmit is mainly about the compassion and generosity shown by the woman when the kid tries to stole her purse, as she decides to forget about this and help him, instead of taking him to the police. Thus, the main purpose of the author in this short story is "to illustrate how powerful and important compassion and generosity are and how they can come from unexpected places".