“Salvation”
by Langston Hughes is a short story, written about the inexperienced and adolescent
he trying to connect with Jesus for the first time. The occasion here is in
Church followed by the rest of his family waiting for Hughes to finally connect
with Jesus and be religiously accepted into his family. As Hughes waits for the
connection, he does not feel anything and starts to question Jesus. As Hughes
stands up and faces his family pretending to be connected with Jesus, causes
his family to cheer for him and results with him crying. He is crying because
he feels guilty for lying and not actually connecting because of the confusion
and questioning of Christ. The purpose is to inform us as readers that lying
can lead us to guilt and can also result to us regretting our decisions,
therefore we must think before we make our decisions. And doing so it can
change the way it reflects on others. The subject here is the loss of faith,
Hughes lost faith in Christ as he waited for him in Church for his first
connection and did not feel anything and saw that others got up and pretended
to be connected; that caused him to think maybe there is no Christ and he
should lie like the others.
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