Langston Hughes uses tone to demonstrate kindness and truest between two people in this short story. The tone in ‘Thank You Ma’am,” changes as the story begin and throughout the end of the story, and at the same time, the characteristic of the boy changes along the tone of the story. Mistress Jones’s tone that she uses with the boy on the city and tone that she uses at her apartment changes from high pitch to lower pitch tone along the with everything else. The story “Thank You Ma’am,” starts by introducing the outlook of the main character of the story, that “she was a large woman with a large purse that had everything in it but hammer and nails.” By this description provides by Langston Hughes, implies that the woman’s tone likely …show more content…
The woman said, “Um-hum your face is dirty. I got a great mind to wash your face for you. Aren’t you got nobody home to tell you to wash your face?” This tone of Mistress Jones implies that she accepted the apologizes from the boy, and she when said, “You ought to be my son. I would teach you right from wrong,’ suggests that Mistress Jones is trying to offer the boy something, which is kindness. When Mistress Jones takes the boy back to her apartment. She starts to change her tone again in order for her to develop a relationship with the boy. Mistress shares her personal life of who she uses to be. “I were young once and I wanted things I could not get.” Tone play a very important role in this part, because if Mistress Jones is trying to offer the boy an advice. The tone must be compassionate. The advice that Mistress Jones gives to the boy is to not make a mistake, “Next time, do not make the mistake of latching onto my pocket book nor nobody