Write a different ending to the story "Thank You, M'am" by Langston Hughes. For example, Mrs. Jones calls the police.

The point of Langston Hughes' “Thank You, M'am” is that people can create a caring, loving world by their responses to the conflicts they encounter in life. He uses Mrs. Jones' surprising behavior to Roger's attempted thievery to demonstrate this idea. Instead of punishing Roger for trying to steal her purse, she treats him with kindness and even gives him the money he wanted to steal from her in the first place.

However, it is...

The point of Langston Hughes' “Thank You, M'am” is that people can create a caring, loving world by their responses to the conflicts they encounter in life. He uses Mrs. Jones' surprising behavior to Roger's attempted thievery to demonstrate this idea. Instead of punishing Roger for trying to steal her purse, she treats him with kindness and even gives him the money he wanted to steal from her in the first place.

However, it is possible that Mrs. Jones could maintain the same attitude toward Roger, but act differently. To use your example, suppose she called the police? Although that is a much different response than what she actually did, it could be framed in a caring way.

Whatever ending you choose to create, you want to make sure that you maintain Mrs. Jones' proper character. She is not going to call the police out of anger or fear. However, she might make the case to Roger that it is in his best interest that he learn right now, before it is too late, that behaving like a criminal is going to make for a very difficult life. She might still cook for him, and perhaps she could offer to help him in some way once his legal situation was straightened out.