Thank You M'am

          Thank You Ma’am is an American story written by Langston Hughes which talks about a boy who wanted to buy a blue suede shoes but he has no money, he tried to snatch a purse from a woman. Not lucky for him, he got caught but instead to punish him, the woman helped the boy. She fed the boy and gave some money to buy shoes. She even let the boy free. The woman represents how kind and caring she was.
          In the deconstruction of Thank You Ma’am, the author opposes the things that the woman did for the boy. For me, I think this work was a bad choice for me to read because we people are different. It depends to someone if he/she will punish the child or not. But it is a child so we should not punish it because it is bad to punish or abuse a child. If a child did wrong, just told him/her what is right or wrong? Advise him/her not to do such things like that because it is an evil thing. It can be scolded but in a calm manner. We can treat them as our child. The more we treat them kindly, the more they love us. If we punish them or scolded them badly, the more they do evil things.
          I don’t like the reading because like I mention earlier, we people are different. God makes us so special, He gave life and place to live but He didn’t make us equally. We have different traits and minds. I respect what the author wrote in the deconstruction of Thank You Ma’am. Yes, all he/she wrote are all correct. There is a responsibility that those who have done wrong
will be punished. But if it a child to be punished, it is not right. It is a child abuse. To be punished is the way so that you can move on or change the bad things you have done but it is not always right especially if it is a child.
        I can relate this in my own life. When I was a kid, I usually bought lollipops in the store but my parents would disagree because it will destroy my teeth. I wanted to buy those sweet lollipops so I got money on the purse of my mother. But I got caught by my father and instead to scold me, he just advises me not to do that. He said to put back the moneys and he will buy for me. I do what my father said and went with him to the store. But I learned a new lesson about what I have done wrong.