Shaniyah Chisolm

My thesis statement from my “Salvation” by Langston Hughes shares an ironic moment in Langston’s early adolescence being introduced to Christianity, misinterpreting the way he felt he had to react to worship. Though religion is practiced by many starting at a young age, a nuanced idea like religion is complex for children to understand. Though the reader is aware of this, Hughes uses dramatic irony as a way to show the naivety of the narrator whereas the reader understands the disconnect.

I’ve explored a few secondary sources but I will try to look for something in the BMCC database but so far a lot of the articles I would have liked to use aren’t available so I will continue to use reputable sources from Google Scholar about Hughes’s biographical background and way or writing.