In the beginning of “Salvation” by Langston Hughes, 12 year old Langston Hughes had a sense of excitement in wanting to be saved because he was told that he would see Jesus when it was time to happen. His Auntie Reed told him that and the elders conversations about the same thing gave him confirmation. Sitting next to his friend Westley in church while other children were going up to the alter gave him a sense of comfort because he knew that Westley had the same feelings as him. Once Westley went to the alter without seeing Jesus, Langston felt deceived. How could Westley go to the alter and be saved without even seeing Jesus? That’s not how it suppose to happen. The congregation prayed and cried over Langston, in which he felt obligated to go to the pulpit. However Langston knew in his heart that was not right. His aunt along with the congregation pretty much peer pressured him into doing something that he did not want to do. His excitement to see Jesus vanished and he had a feeling of sadness because of irony he felt. He felt like everyone around him lied which led him to be a non-believer.
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