Salvation and The Village Watchman Compare and Contrast
Salvation and The Village Watchman have many similarities when it comes down to it, but also it has some differences. They are both an eye opening experience for some people and shows that people can and do have different out looks on things. But it never says there are rights and wrongs in how people go about things in life.
Salvation is a sad story of a boy, with great potential. In this story, the author shares his version of what it meant to be saved. Hughes wrote this in first person so we must trust that his memory is good. The setting in Salvation starts with his Auntie Reed’s reinforcement of the bible and going to church. This ceremony is when many people come to the church and …show more content…
Alan is different, and is aware of this. But it does not bother him. He is not ashamed of his disabilities, and makes the best of his life which is limited for him in ways that the rest of the world is not. Some people would consider this a challenge. A disability, but, for Alan, it is an eye opener for him and his family.
In Salvation the failed opportunity was the enemy working against a young, immature, Langston Hughes, which puts out his faith at a younger age. Hughes tells the life of our journey in the first few sentences. We know that this is a memory back to his childhood, it was a personal experience, and that it does not end right. In the setting, He sets the tone with a description of singing nightly, and shouting for weeks.
In The Village Watchman Alan provides an outsiders perspective. He makes judgements through the personality of others, not by which car they drive, or what clothes they are wearing. Most people would like to be able to do this, to say they are loyal. But the reality of the matter is that the experiences of citizens of the world and their opinions, all block their judgement. Alan is in the mind set in a way where none of this matters. His perception is clear when others
Salvation and The Village Watchman have many similarities when it comes down to it, but also it has some differences. They are both an eye opening experience for some people and shows that people can and do have different out looks on things. But it never says there are rights and wrongs in how people go about things in life.
Salvation is a sad story of a boy, with great potential. In this story, the author shares his version of what it meant to be saved. Hughes wrote this in first person so we must trust that his memory is good. The setting in Salvation starts with his Auntie Reed’s reinforcement of the bible and going to church. This ceremony is when many people come to the church and …show more content…
Alan is different, and is aware of this. But it does not bother him. He is not ashamed of his disabilities, and makes the best of his life which is limited for him in ways that the rest of the world is not. Some people would consider this a challenge. A disability, but, for Alan, it is an eye opener for him and his family.
In Salvation the failed opportunity was the enemy working against a young, immature, Langston Hughes, which puts out his faith at a younger age. Hughes tells the life of our journey in the first few sentences. We know that this is a memory back to his childhood, it was a personal experience, and that it does not end right. In the setting, He sets the tone with a description of singing nightly, and shouting for weeks.
In The Village Watchman Alan provides an outsiders perspective. He makes judgements through the personality of others, not by which car they drive, or what clothes they are wearing. Most people would like to be able to do this, to say they are loyal. But the reality of the matter is that the experiences of citizens of the world and their opinions, all block their judgement. Alan is in the mind set in a way where none of this matters. His perception is clear when others