“Salvation” by Langston Hughes was another very interesting read by Prof. Conway. I think Hughes was different by the end of the story because he then developed an even greater fear about being “saved” which he initially thought would be a positive experience. He became even more confused because being “saved” turned into him lying but by lying he made the congregation happy because they thought he was “saved”. I think Hughes was overthinking what being “saved” actually means but he was also only thirteen years old so what could you expect. I thought it was really funny when his friend decided to just go up and be saved because he was tired of waiting, so he didn’t take it too literally and just went up and gave the people what they wanted, which is essentially what Hughes did but he ended up having a really guilty conscience about it.
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Jasmine, this post addresses the prompt so well. I’m just butting into the discussion a little to encourage everyone to be sure to focus your posts on the prompt that is given.
Hello, I agree with what you said about how he felt like he had to be “saved” and so he ended up lying to the congregation. I feel like most people end up feeling pressure to do something because everyone else did it or they had this shared experience and he’s expected to do so too. I feel like he overthought what being saved meant because he was a kid and as a kid, the adults in your life are your mentors/teachers and you don’t really expect them to lie to you especially if they are all essentially saying the same thing.