Daily Archives: September 9, 2023

In the story “Salvation” by Langston Hughes, when the narrator thinks “God had not struck Westley dead for taking his name in vain or for lying in the temple. So I decided that maybe to save further trouble, I’d better lie, too, and say that Jesus had come, and get up and be saved” at that time Langston was struggling between his desire to be honest and the pressure to conform to what’s expected of him by the congregation. I was born and raised in Nepal, where the majority of the population is not Christian, so I don’t know much about Christianity. But I could feel the pressure and conflict he was having at that moment. Also the story “Araby” by James Joyce is about a young boy’s love for a girl and his disappointment when he realizes that the world is not as romantic as he had imagined it to be. When I was in high school, I had a crush on my teacher. It was just a minor crush and I used to think about her most of the time. But, eventually I realized it was just a crush and I left that feeling behind.  

I read Langston Hughes’s novella “Salvation” for this.One of the most moving sequences in the novel is when the narrator finds himself as the last child on the mourners’ bench, surrounded by a crowd praying passionately for his redemption. Waves of joy washed across the area. Women sprang into the air. My aunt wrapped her arms around me.” Despite the fact that my background is a little different. But when I was 7-8 years old, I was a horrible child. I used to fight, cuss, and do other nefarious things. But one day, my aunt took me to church. I had never considered attending to church when I was younger. Everyone in the congregation was astounded that I was not fighting.