Outline

Introduction

On The Road

Theme and Analysis

Christianity and Discrimination

Conclusion

On The Road

Introduction

Langston Hughes (Missouri, United States, 1902 - New York, United States, 1967) was a poet, novelist and columnist black. The Harlem Renaissance best knows it for its links, which was one of its drivers. Langston Hughes is not only because he has practiced all kinds, including the musical, but because it is one of the first African American to have lived by his pen and undoubtedly, he who has the most to publicize the cultural productions of his peers around the world through its collections, anthologies, translations, articles and personal contacts. As an American novelist, playwright, poet and journalist, he was the first pioneers of new literacy forms of jazz art and forms of poetry. Although his well- known work is “Harlem Renaissance” that has been a milestone in his carrier. Ultimately, Hughes's objective seems to be to provide blacks with identities as Americans, living in a democracy that ensures life without prejudice (Hughes, 2001).

Langston Hughes a writer who drew on varied and wide experiences. At his child hood he worked as a delivery boy, short- order cook and farm hand, began a pattern of restless travel that will take him to Europe, The Caribbean, the Soviet Union and Asia as well as to dozens American cities and towns he at one time. Although he had written many short stories, librettos, plays, nonfiction and essay, he is a poet who would be remembered who through his writing explores the pride, pain and humiliation of being black in America.

On The Road

It is a fact that our personal experiences either good or bad tends to have a very great impact on our own personal beliefs and understanding, Just like what Douglas Adams said “ The universe, life and Everything” relies on what you belief. Similarly, in Langston Hughes short story “On the road”, represents the view of religion and god in such a way which reflects that portrays his personal experiences. As from his childhood till his upbringing Langston has seen racial discrimination and could feel the adverse effect on the society due to it. The author craftily robs the clerics of his day of their shroud of piety and successfully uses the protagonist and a theme of racism and close-mindedness as a tool to present god as an inept and virtually powerless sovereign. Then he introduces his main character of the story “Sergeant”, and shows how his faces many problems due to the class differentiation and how he survived in such a society. The most interesting part was how Hughes in order to grab the readers' attention uses direct and indirect characters, which could tell what his perspective was in this regard. The story of “On the road” starts up with the only character that presented directly by showing the reader the point of view of a Negro and his problems. Story clearly shows that how a cold and tired man stepping off a train in order to search for the solutions he ...