'Thank You, M'am' by Langston Hughes (detailed commentary and analysis) 

Detailed commentary and analysis by Claire's Notes of 'Thank You, M'am' by Langston Hughes
Cambridge iGCSE: Stories of Ourselves
A bungled street robbery leads to an extraordinary encounter between the young Roger, a neglected 'latchkey' kid, and the formidable Mrs Luella Bates Washington Jones, a single woman walking home alone after a late shift working in a hotel beauty shop. In this briefest of stories about second chances and intergenerational relationships, Roger not only learns the true meaning of what it is to be thankful but also that what we have in common is far more than what divides us.