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February 24, 2020

The New Yorker Magazine
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4 Times Square
New York, NY 10036

Dear Mrs. Olney:

I have read and diagnosed your ad seeking a recommendation.  My name is Isaac Bean and I am a 9th grader at Virtual Academy, we have been reading, and researching many short stories from the start of the year.  We have read many happy and sad stories.  I am positive the short story that should be chosen is “Thank You, Ma’am” by Langston Hughes because of the emotions it brings, the vibe, and the niceness from a static character.

One reason why The New Yorker should publish “Thank You, Ma’am” is because the narrator includes such loving and emotional sentences.  While Roger was cleaning up Mrs. Jones confronts him on why he tried to take her pocketbook where says that he wanted suede shoes.  Mrs. Jones replied with “Um-hum! You thought I was going to say but, didn’t you? …  I have done things, too, which I would not tell you, son—either tell God if he didn’t already know. So you set down while I fix us something to eat” (Huges 2).  Mrs. Jones doesn’t lecture Roger when he expects to be.  She continues to connect with Roger by saying how she did a great deal of really bad stuff earlier in her life.  Usually, when someone tries to rob you, they aren’t fed in your household but they are lectured or brought ton the cops.  Mrs. Jones doesn’t do this though she tries to do something more effective.  When I read this a sense of warmth goes through my body when I read this.

The second reason why The New Yorker should publish “Thank You, Ma’am” is because of the vibe of the story.  After a discussion, Mrs. Jones grabs some food out for Roger and herself.  She was polite enough to invite Roger to her house but then  ¨She heated some lima beans and ham she had in the icebox, made the cocoa, and set the table”  (Hughes 2).  She was considerate and didn’t mention “anything … that would embarrass him”  (2).  Mrs. Jones is just chilling with her food, no cares in the world.  Mrs. Jones is even nice enough to consider what Roger is feeling that could be why she isn’t questioning him.  What else could be great in this amazing story?

The third reason why The New Yorker should publish “Thank You, Ma’am” is because of how Mrs. Luella Bates Jones is a static character and so nice.  After Dinner and the talk earlier Mrs. Jones walks Roger out.  She doesn’t care if he says thank you or not for the hospitality because that is just the way she is.  Roger “wanted to say something else other than ´Thank you, ma’am´ … He barely managed to say ´Thank you´ before she shut the door. And he never saw her again.¨ (Hughes 3).  Mrs. Jones doesn’t even acknowledge his apology and she probably doesn’t care for it that much.  She was nice enough to welcome Roger into her home, clean him up, feed him, and give him money for the blue suede shoes.

This is what I have managed to come up with after I read your ad,  once again I believe The New Yorker should publish “Thank You, Ma’am” by Langston Hughes because of the emotions it brings, the vibe, and the niceness from a static character.

Thank you for your time.

Sincerely,

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