Wyman Siu, Eng 201, Sec 0516
In the text, “Salvation”, by Langston Huges, it is portrayed at the beginning that his younger self was always told. For example, his aunt told him, “My aunt told me that when you were saved you saw a light, and something happened to you inside! And Jesus came into your life!”(Paragraph 2). He was told to believe, he never thought about what he was told. Just what was God? Throughout the text, he realized that god wasn’t a person but a belief that many people see. It is not only leaving doubt and questions in his mind and that is what gives into his mindset at the end of the text. It is an irony, a situational irony to be exact, that what’s giving other people including his family (aunt) hope is giving him doubts. I thank this also highlights his change from the beginning of the text to him as a young adult.
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I can see your point about the irony and can also see it from that perspective, but do you think there were any other irony issues in the story? Do you feel that the author, Langston Hughes, realized this irony? Also, the story is titled “Salvation” what do you think he is saving himself from? Besides god and Jesus, maybe himself or his surroundings?