It's a Big Deal

Roger looked at the door—looked at the woman—looked at the door—and went to the sink.
Authors Note This is a response to "Thank You Ma'am" by Langston Hughes, abut the importance of the above quote and how big of deal it was to the story.

This quote is very important to the story because it shows an act of trust. This is when the boy starts to realize that the woman is placing trust in him so he has trust in her to trust him and he doesn’t want to be mistrusted.

When that happened I was surprised at what the boy did It made me think of what I would do in the situation. I Probably would have ran just out of pure awkwardness, but this is a story that takes a different mind set to understand. Most people might think about how awkward that would have been, but you have to think of it from a different point of view which is hard to reach.

This also shows the boys impulse, he sees a way out, but the woman put him in his place and he listened to her. At first he seemed he only wanted a way out. When he sees his chance, instead of ceasing the opportunity he thinks and he realizes the woman trusts him and he doesn't want to let her down.

Besides the boys impulse that made him decide to listen, the woman's confidence played a big roll. She didn't stand there and keep a close eye on the boy or look at him suspiciously as if he would run. She simply told him to do something, and acted as if she had no doubt he would do it. That made Rodger think that she was a good person and didn't immediately lose her trust and investigate him like a "CSI" member would search a room for clues. This quote basically began the climax of the story and may be the most important piece to this story.