Expect the Unexpected

May 18, 2010 - 9:58am — mitchell602
Author: 
Josue Blanco

                       

           Response to literature: Rough Draft

          In the story “Thank You, M’am” by Langston Hughes, the main character, Roger, tries to snatch a large woman’s purse. From the beginning to the end of the story, the large woman threatens the boy that she is going to call the police on him. But instead she started talking about the old times and how she feels if she was him. You should always expect the unexpected.        A large woman was walking alone, when a boy ran up behind her and tried to snatch her purse. The strap broke with the single tug the boy gave it from behind. But the boy’s weight and the weight of the purse combined caused him to lose him balance. This example shows how Roger tries to steal the woman’s purse.        It didn’t take long enough before Bridget from, “The Party” by Pam Munoz Ryan; figure out that she wasn’t invited to the party. Maybe they didn’t invite me because of my hair. It’s so long and stingy. Maybe it’s my coat; it is pretty ugly compared to some of the other girls. This shows what Bridget thinks it’s wrong with her that she didn’t get invited.        Both stories “Thank You, M’am” and “The Party” relate to each other because they both didn’t expect the unexpected. In the first story, the large woman didn’t expect the boy to snatch her purse. In the second story, Bridget didn’t expect the invitation. This explains how someone in each story didn’t expect something.        In conclusion, you should always expect the unexpected. These stories help me understand the difference in them and that they could have the same topic. In my own life I have expected the unexpected. Like when I was about to get hit by a car on the street or when a fat kid was going to jump in the pool and water was going to hit me in the eye if I didn’t close it.