Thousands of churchgoers sit for long hours on wooden pews in stuffy brick-and-mortar churches just to wait even longer to be saved from sin. But, in Langston Hughes’ “Salvation,” a young Hughes’ journey begins and ends in one day with churchgoers pleading with him to stand up, see Jesus, and be saved. So he stands - even when he can’t see Jesus. Hughes uses simple syntax for the audience to read the story from a child’s perspective and thoughts.
Through grammatically incorrect sentences, these thoughts sound as if a 13-year-old Hughes with clenched hands and fidgeting knees ad libs his excitement. After all, his aunt already parades him with the joys of being saved. He writes on that conversation, “My aunt told me that when you were saved...something
Through grammatically incorrect sentences, these thoughts sound as if a 13-year-old Hughes with clenched hands and fidgeting knees ad libs his excitement. After all, his aunt already parades him with the joys of being saved. He writes on that conversation, “My aunt told me that when you were saved...something