“Salvation” is an essay written by Langston Hughes, in which he relates an experience he had as a young boy that influenced his understanding of religion. Hughes begins by explaining the situation (he) and other children were (placed in?) (regarding?) a religious revival taking place at his aunt’s church. He states that, beforehand, he was told that he would see the light of Jesus during this ritual, and he took this literally rather than as a (symbol) of (accepting/realizing) one’s faith. The author describes the disappointment he had in himself as he waited for this light to come, being the last of the children to go up to the altar and be ‘saved’. He claims that because the other children had most likely lied about seeing Jesus, he could
