Langston Hughes a writer that was a big part of the Harlem Renaissance. He wrote short stories about many things one being “Salvation” a story about a 12 year old boy being “saved”. The story "Salvation" starts out with the boy saying he was "saved". Then he tells you that he actually wasn’t and explains how. His Auntie Reed attended a religious revival every night for a week. The last day of the event the people would bring there kids for a chance of “salvation”. When he was save his Auntie Reed had told him,”he would see a light, meaning Jesus had come into his life.” He took this as a literal thing because he had heard other people talk about the light. So when the kids started to get saved he sat there waiting to see the light his Auntie
