reaction paper on the deconstruction of thank you ma'am

The story "Thank You Ma'am" was a great story to read. It can move anyone and it gives inspiration to renew our deeds, manners, and attitudes for the sake of our reputation and for the people in our society. But, I really do not agree if we do the same things Mrs. Jones had done to that young boy. The deconstruction has more significance and it is something that I can agree upon. It was really realistic and can be applied on the real things our real world and is more concerned about common sense and logic. So, The  deconstruction of the Thank You Ma'am was a much better choice for me to read.

Our world today is experiencing poverty, not all of us but a great percentage of the population. According to research, fifty two percent of the population are people who are in need.They need to work their minds and bodies out in order to have their daily needs and to survive every day, seven days a week. It is a rare thing to see for a woman living in a rented house and that sleeps in a day-bed, take in a boy who had tried to steal from her, gives him a chance to escape and even giving that little boy the money for the  blue suede shoes that led him to commit a crime. If that young boy tried to steal from other man, and not from Mrs. Jones, he sure would be in a lot of trouble. If that was happening today the victim would directly go to the police and report the crime done. Or if the thief was robbing the wrong house or man in the wrong time, he would taste torture and the man or house he was stealing from will let him suffer and drown in the sea of embarrassment. If I was that boy and my parents would know about what i had done, they will surely scold me and also ground me. But, I don't think they would be too cruel to me, I guess they would give me some advices and say some things that shows they don't want me to be like that..and this..and that they really care for me and they won't let anything ruin my future.

Mrs. Jones care and understanding for the boy can be considered. It was a great thing for her to do. But she never considered her status and her life situation, being a middle-lower class woman. She could have thought that what she had done could result for the boy to depend to other people for his needs and his wants. And if he realizes that no one wants to just give things away easily, I thought that he will get back to stealing from stores and houses and other people. On the other hand, on Mrs.Jones side ,if people would do what she did to that boy, our society would collapse. People would let others do things for their satisfaction. And they would commit a deadly sin, being lazy.