In “Salvation” by Langston Hughes the narrator is different than he was at the beginning of the story. In the beginning he was told by his aunt about how she was saved by Jesus coming into her life and he believed Jesus would also come into his life, but he thought Jesus would come physically. While he waits for Jesus everyone ends up on the altar and he is left alone. Even though he doesn’t see Jesus he is starting to feel pressured by everyone around him and guilty for taking up their time. He ends up lying about being saved and everyone celebrates. The narrator who once was a young innocent child had changed for the worse. He once had faith in Jesus but he ends up losing that faith and is doubtful that Jesus is even real and also feels guilt for lying to everyone about seeing Jesus.
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