The Different Natures of Hager’s Three Daughters’ Characteristics and Their Conflicts in Langston Hughes’ NOT WITHOUT LAUGHTER A Psychological Approach A Thesis Presented as Partial fulfillment of the Requirement to Obtain the Sarjana Sastra Degree in the English Department
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- “Not without Laughter” is one of the masterpieces of Langston Hughes’. It is a novel that portrays the life of Black American. Langston Hughes' first novel, Not without Laughter was published in 1930. It tells the story of Sandy Rodgers, a young boy growing up in the fictional town of Stanton, Kansas during the early part of the twentieth century. Sandy lives with his mother, Annjee, and his grandmother, who is called Aunt Hager. Annjee works as a cook and housekeeper for a wealthy white family and Aunt Hager takes in laundry. Sandy's father, Jimboy, comes and goes as he travels around looking for work. When Annjee leaves Stanton to join Jimboy in Detroit, she leaves Sandy with his grandmother. After her death, Sandy goes to live with his mother's lucky sister and her husband. Mr. Siles is a railroad mail clerk and Aunt Tempy is a social climber, and Sandy is unhappy living with them. Eventually he leaves Stanton to...