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By: Langston Hughes

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"I want a pair of blue suede shoes."

(page 478)

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"He did not trust the woman not to trust him. And he did not want to be mistrusted now."

(page 480)

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"The boy wanted to say something other than, 'Thank you, m'am,' to Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones, but although his lips moved, he couldn't even say that as he turned at at the foot of barren stoop and looked up at the large woman in the door. Then she shut the door."

(page 481)

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Rachel Schmiedeberg
(pictured on the left)

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The theme of this story is forgiveness and trust. Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones forgave Roger and then they developed a trusting relationship.