Ye so uhm I read it a few minutes ago so here's the response I came up with-
I would like to have a friend like Mrs. Jones for many reasons. However one is because she is an understanding and forgiving person. In the text it states "She heated some lima beans and ham she had in the icebox, made the cocoa, and set the table. The woman did not ask the boy anything about where he lived, or his folks, or anything else that would embarrass him. Instead, as they ate, she told him about her job in a hotel beauty shop that stayed open late, what the work was like, and how all kinds of women came in and out, blondes, red-heads, and Spanish. Then she cut him a half of her ten-cent cake". This shows that Mrs. Jones still has compassion for the boy even though he had tried to steal her pocket watch. It also then says later in the text. "The boy wanted to say something else other that "Thank you, ma’am" to Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones, but he couldn’t do so as he turned at the barren stoop and looked back at the large woman in the door. He barely managed to say "Thank you" before she shut the door. And he never saw her again." This shows that Mrs. Jones was a kind person to Roger. To conclude this is why I would like to have a friend like Mrs. Jones.
Ye I know its a fourth graders essay-
