In this excerpt from langston hughes’s “ you ma’am,” which two lines reveal that mrs. washington is thoughtful and generous?

“you gonna take me to jail? ” asked the boy, bending over the sink.
"not with that face, i would not take you nowhere,” said the woman. "here i am trying to get home to cook me a bite to eat and you snatch my pocketbook! maybe, you ain’t been to your supper either, late as it be. have you? ”
“there’s nobody home at my house,” said the boy.
“then we’ll eat,” said the woman, “i believe you’re hungry—or been hungry—to try to snatch my pocketbook."
“i wanted a pair of blue suede shoes,” said the boy.
"well, you didn’t have to snatch my pocketbook to get some suede shoes,” said mrs. luella bates washington jones. “you could of asked me.”
“m’am? ”

Then we’ll eat,” said the woman, “I believe you’re hungry—or been hungry—to try to snatch my pocketbook."

The two lines that reveal that Mrs. Washington is thoughtful and generous are:

* “Then we’ll eat,” said the woman, “I believe you’re hungry—or been hungry—to try to snatch my pocketbook."

* "Well, you didn’t have to snatch my pocketbook to get some suede shoes,” said Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones. “You could of asked me.”

Explanation:

“Thank You Ma’am” by Langston Hughes tells the story of Mrs. Washington as she is on her way home and Roger the teenager who tries to steal her pocketbook, these lines from that story show that she is thoughtful and generous because instead of trying to punish the boy she wants to support him because she noticed that he is in need and she takes him to her house to feed him and help him.

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