Not Without Laughter

Not Without Laughter
Langston Hughes


In the novel Not Without Laughter by Langston Hughes, Hager represents all that is good and kind, and is fighting off the evil of the world. There are many things in her life that threatened her good heart, but with her love, kindness and Christianity she is always able to conquer these hardships.
Throughout her life she has always had to fight racism. White people treat her and her family awful, and instead of hating them back she prays for them. “An’ since them I’s met many a white lady an’ many a white gentleman an’ some of ‘em’s been kind to me an’ some of ‘em ain’t; some of ‘em’s cussed me an’ wouldn’t pay me fo’ ma work; an some of ‘em’s hurted me awful… An I’s kept a room in ma heart fo’ ‘em, ‘cause white folds needs us, honey, even if they don’t know it.” (183). Even though she has seen the bitter hatred of the whites and felt the hardship of what they have brought on thei...