Brief Summary Of Langston Hughes Salvation

To begin with, “Salvation” is a story about childhood experience in revival and religion. Every week there is a revival where people go to church and pray. In Christianity, people believe that they will be saved from their sins and that they will see Jesus when they pray. Langston Hughes is about 13 years old and believes his aunt that he is going to see Jesus and be saved from his sins. A long time passes and nothing happened. Hughes waits for a long time but he still does not see Jesus. I find the story “Salvation” serious as the story present loss of faith, pressure that causes someone to feel guilty and obedience.
In “Salvation” there is impact on children that causes them to loss faith. Hughes goes to his Aunt Reed’s church to pray and be saved from his sins. Hughes states, “My aunt told me that when you were saved you saw a light, and something happened to you inside! And Jesus came into your life!” (Hughes pg.203). Hughes, sitting with the other people on the bench waiting to be saved, believes his aunt and waits to see Jesus. A long time passes and Hughes does not see Jesus. Hughes is left …show more content…
Hughes believes his aunt’s description of being saved and wants to experience to see Jesus. His aunt and people in church wanted him to go to his church and be saved. The preacher said, “Would not you come? Would not you come to see Jesus?” (pg. 204) Hughes does not want to look down in front of his aunt and people in church and lied on all of them. Hughes did not want to look like a lamb left out in the cold. This shows the fear of being rejected from the people which sometimes you have to make people believe your lies in something that really did not happen. Hughes lies rather than getting in trouble. He overlooks to lie and meets the expectations and rules of his aunt and people in church that has on him. The story presents of how people confirm things to show