'Salvation: An Analysis Of Langston Hughes' Salvation

Langston Hughes “Salvation”
Langston Hughes narrative, “Salvation” is a story about Hughes when he was twelve and experiencing deceit and disappointment for the first time during a church service. The main point of Hughes narrative is having beliefs in Jesus, and how something so spiritual can be forced so hard and deeply into children who can’t and don’t fully understand the whole concept of having a belief and faith in something.
Hughes became saddened and abandoned after enduring the incident at the church where he felt like he lied to his aunt and the congregation which made him upset and disappointed in himself. He felt betrayed and hurt because he didn’t see Jesus and felt like Jesus wasn’t there for him when he needed him. He felt like Jesus didn’t allow him to see him like the other children who went before him and Westley. His decision to just go up to the platform and pretend that he had been saved made him question God made him give up on God completely because Jesus wasn’t there to help him. …show more content…
Understanding God is a complicated concept for a kid to understand and this incident probably prompted a lot of questions and dissatisfaction in himself because others could see Jesus and he couldn’t. He felt like an outsider because Jesus revealed himself to others and not him. This type of rejection can cause a person to dwell and become upset about the subject and can change a person’s views. I believe Hughes’ purpose was to express his feelings and to show an example of how pushing beliefs and faith unto a young mind can do more wrong than good forcing kids into seeing something that they might not be ready for or