Retelling for Thank You Ma'am

Thank You Ma’am
Authors Note: This is a retelling piece on the short story “Thank You Ma’am” by Langston Hughes.

It all started off when Mrs. Lueta Bates Jones Washington was walking home one night when a young boy named Roger tried to steal her purse. But he didn’t get away with it he had fallen and the woman had been able to get a hold of him. She took Roger back to her house and had not threatened to call the cops, she had washed his face because it was dirty then fed him dinner then gave him ten dollars, for the shoes he wanted that’s why he tried to steal her purse.

Then sent Roger on his way, Roger was very confused he had thought for sure that she would have called the cops on him, and has him thrown in jail for attempting to steal her purse. But he was ok with getting fed and earning ten dollars.

Slim Shady

Slim Shady
Authors Note: In this essay I will be telling you about Slim Shady.

If you don’t know who Slim Shady is its okay because not many have. Slim is Eminem’s alter ego that was created by the darkest part if Eminem’s mind and is the very being that Eminem blames for his faults.

Shady was created on Eminem’s first album on the song “My Name Is” and continues throughout his career. Slim also was the reason for Eminem’s success it gave Eminem something to base his music off of; they said he couldn't just be Eminem; he had to be Eminem a.k.a. somebody else. "Slim Shady is just the evil thoughts that come into my head. Things I shouldn't be thinking about” he said in an interview.

You will commonly hear something about Shady in any Eminem song especially one that runs deep. Like in the song when I’m gone he says I turn around, find a gun on the ground, cock it put it to my brain and scream "die Shady" and pop it. But on his new album shady was not mentioned as much as other albums.

Slim shady is a huge part of Eminem and is his alter ego also Slim started off Eminem’s career.

Retelling for Dead Man's Path

Retelling
The book Dead Man’s Path is about a man named Obi who was appointed headmaster of a school. Well this man thrived for perfection he wanted to make the school perfect but nothing goes the way it’s planed.

When Obi took over he was the headmaster of a rundown school that needed work. He first wanted to make the landscape of the school better he and his wife Nancy planted huge amounts of flowers in a garden to make the school look better. Also he was working against the clock because the school inspector was coming in a week’s time. Just when the school was getting to fit the big picture in Obi’s mind, he saw a path that lead throughout the school yard that the villagers used to get to their sacred burial ground. Obi wouldn’t stand for this he didn’t want the villagers going as they please through the school yard. So he put up big logs in front of the path followed by barbed wire enabling the villagers to get to the burial ground. But that didn’t go as planned because someone had died in the village but the path was blocked off by the logs and barbed wire so they had ripped through the shrubs surrounding the path they had trampled the flower beds and had had torn half of the school down in a riot for blocking the path. Well Obi didn’t know about this and had arrived the next day to the horrid sight of his master piece just destroyed and torn into a million pieces. Also the school inspector had came that day and gave the school a bad report, therefore tearing up the big picture even more and diminishing Obi’s spirit.