In “Salvation”, by Langston Hughes, the author addresses that some people pretend to believe in something to please others and fit in. Hughes recollects on his childhood of when he sat among a group of children that gathered awaiting salvation from Christ. Hughes learned from his aunt that meeting Jesus brings light to life and changes a person inwardly. So as he sat with the other children, he waited patiently for Jesus’s arrival. After the preacher gave his sermon, some children jumped for joy and others cried because they saw Jesus and became “saved”. Eventually, Hughes was the only "young sinner" remaining. While everyone in the church cried and prayed for him, he continued to wait for Jesus to approach him. One of the boys grew tired of
