The young narrator is different from the way he was at the beginning of the story to the ending of the story because in the beginning he was more hopeful and intrigued with what the outcome would be. But as the short story goes on he slowly starts to lose faith. At first he was so full of spirit and he wanted to be saved by christ because he heard everyone else’s story so he felt like well if god can do that for them then he can do the same for me. The narrator looked at the situation like that and it allowed him to be hopeful but when he went to the church and tried to experience this for himself it just didn’t happen. It’s very ironic when we want something so badly but we don’t end up getting it. Believing in Jesus and really putting your complete faith and trust into God isn’t something that comes easily to people and that’s okay. In this short story the narrator is very young at the time and he doesn’t realize just how deep religion really is so to try and fit in with the crowd he fakes it. This alone could have many consequences because now he’s feeling guilty, he could have doubts in god, and this could potentially affect his aunts trust in him in the future.
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In the Youtube discussion video, the guy there mentions the idea of how this story brings up the issue of is it his doubt that starts to build as he watches all the other little kids get up, is his doubt what causes him not to have this experience with God, and if he hadn’t doubted and stood firm then maybe he would have. Your response built on this discussion for me because you brought up how this is a lot to put of the minds and backs of 12-year-old kids. Religion is something that fully grown adults, who are able to talk about it more and understand it better, have trouble with believing. So is it fair of us to kind of push little kids to accept things they might not understand as we do? This is a question that your response brought up for me.
Hi Hanna! We were able to see the narrator’s feelings towards faith and religion become warped by his own perception of how faith is and other people’s stories. I think the youthful childlike wonder contributed to his disdain for religion. Faith is a concept you can’t quite explain and it will not be the same for every single person, something that wasn’t explained to the main character in the story. Overall, I agree with your statement. Things like this happening at a young age can form your perception of your outlook on life, something that can affect you in the future.