The young narrator was different in the beginning because he seemed hopeful and trusting of his elders all describing what one can feel and see when you get saved. They all described seeing a light and something happening inside of them, they expressed how they heard and felt Jesus and so Langston believed them. He believed that he was going to feel the same things everyone felt. Langston took the “Measures” to be saved, after not feeling Jesus, he thought it was all a facade which led to completely losing his faith. He felt guilt for lying to everyone and losing his Faith to Jesus.
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Hi Janice! I enjoyed reading your discussion. It was very heartbreaking to me that Langston felt that he could have not been saved. It seemed to him that everyone was brainwashing him and was pretending with him that he was going to see light but never did. He had a lot of hope in the beginning because of how much he had been told by his aunt, the priest, and the people of the church, so he had no choice. Especially being so young, he was very gullible and naive.
Thank you Ainoon for your comment. I don’t necessarily think that the brainwashing was intentional, I do believe that his elders all felt the Holy Spirit and thought that he would be able to feel & see the same. Unfortunately that was not the case. Everyone experiences certain things differently.