A message to the prejudiced society Langston Hughes was one of the most important writers and thinkers of the Harlem renaissance. He was popularly known as “The poet laureate of Harlem.” One of his famous short stories is “On the road.” I like the above-mentioned story because it speaks for those who are ignored because of their race and overlooked by a prejudiced society. This short story mainly concentrates on the difficult integration of an African-American boy called Sargeant. Throughout the story, he tries to search for a place to stay for the night but confronts racial discrimination. In this story, the major theme is racism and it is evolved by the writer through literary skills and strategies such as symbolism and fantasy. Hughes
