In the story “On Salvation,” Langston feels pressured; his perception of believing he will see Jesus is not understood as how an adult would. As a child, he was being curious and excited at the same time to see Jesus right away. I assume not everyone his age would understand the meaning of being saved from sin. Just as in the Bible, Jesus was baptized at the age of 12, but the difference is that Jesus knew what his mission was, and of course, he was led by his father, “God.” He might have understood better if he had been taken by his aunt and had a better conversation and explained more to him. As quoted, “they held a special meeting for children to bring the young lambs to the fold” (pg. 5). Many times, children are led by example and follow or feel pressured by their peers and sometimes family, and in his case, he felt pressured by both. I believe that because his aunt spoke several days ahead, he felt obligated and didn’t want to disappoint her. Despite not being saved, Jesus is always in our lives, but we must take that extra step to believe, have faith, and get a clearer understanding. Sometimes we as adults say things or even promise children something just because we want them to do something, which could portray something terrible in the long run for that child. Langston believes that because his friend Westley lied in the temple and he saw that God didn’t punish him, Langston feels that if he lied too, nothing would happen to him, so he went ahead and stated, “Jesus had come, and get up and be saved” (pg.8). Langston understood that what he had done was not right, and it made him feel terrible. Langston’s […]
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I feel like the pressure made him did what he did because after the fact he felt very ashamed and restless of himself. From reading he is a very good person and honest person, and it’s shown by him reflecting on his actions. We do the same in our everyday life. One example of us doing something like that is when we say we are doing one thing and go around and do the other but while doing it you sit there and think about it ask yourself is this right
Because the pressure around him made him lie, He was very ashamed and restless all the time. I think he is an upright and honest person. He will reflect on his behavior and ask himself whether it is right to do so? We often encounter such examples. For example, my parents always say “ learning is very important. If you don’t study, you can’t find a good job. You have to review your homework.” I said yes, I will do it but in fact I will not, I will play games but I will also reflect on myself, is it right? I would also think, why do people have to study and work? The lifestyle of many rich people is to lie on the beach, but I can play on the beach now, so what is the meaning of my study and work?
The story “The Most Handsomest Man That Drowned” is about a drowned man that washed up on the shore of a small village of fishers. The villagers see the man as prosaic and unimpressive. The villagers then set the man up for burial but as they do that they realize how admirable of his looks and appearance they then begin to idealize him. The reason I explained what the story is about in very few words is because it leads to why the professor chose this article as the first read. I believe you chose this article first because its a great example of “magical realism”. Which takes aspects of the combined reality and fantasy into one. Another reason. The story expressed the power of human imagination and the ways in which people can shape their own perceptions and interpretations of reality.
“The Most Handsome Drowning Man” The story tells us that the pursuit of beautiful things has brought great changes to people’s lives and human beings have inspired creativity for the pursuit of beauty. Because of this primitive vitality and creative power, human beings make human life better, create art for the diversity and richness of life, create new food for better food and create roads and bridges, houses for a better life. Let the world be more closely connected, break the concept of space, The people invented the computer, everything is for the creativity inspired by beautiful things so that human beings have a beautiful and rich life today.
I would characterize the boy in the story as genuine since he didn’t feel good lying to the church or his aunt about meeting Jesus. Although, at that early age, he is unable to relate the reality of physically seeing Jesus to a mental element, therefore he is frustrated that he does not get to see Jesus. I would characterize him as youngminded and eager since he was really ready and willing to accept the holy spirit from Jesus at several points in the short narrative. Because of his aunt’s lack of explanation, his thinking and feelings about Jesus had shifted by the end of the narrative. By the end of the story he changed because he lost trust in Jesus since he couldn’t see him.. Langston had completely lost faith in Christ. He also felt like a liar because he lied to the church and his aunt
Young Langston in “Salvation” is introduced to us as an observant and curious boy who becomes excited when his Aunt tells him he will hear and see Jesus when he is saved at church, which he takes literally. As the other children go up to the altar during the church revival, he is still waiting for Jesus to appear. He finally surrenders and stands up, being led to the altar by the priest under the guise of seeing Jesus. In the beginning of the story, Langston is skeptical, but hopeful. He is looking forward to having a personal experience with Jesus to feel more connected with the religion he has been raised within. After the church revival and returning home, Langston feels ashamed because he lied. At the end of the story he is not only ashamed, but also sad and confused. He went from thinking he will see Jesus to not believing Jesus at all, losing his faith in religion.
In this story we can trace how excessive pressure on child can change his perceptions of belief. At the beginning of the story, he entered the church being innocent, hopeful and faithful boy, It was pressure of his relatives and the rest of the older people around him. Despite that, he was quite consistent and calm being surrounded by dozens of people singing and shouting about salvation, he continued sitting and waiting for Jesus. He was afraid to lie to other people, to the God and what is most important to himself. It characterizes him as a very fair fellow. However, under the pressure of all people’s expectations ,It was a climax, the small boy needed help, needed some explanations. So he doesn’t believe in Jesus anymore, or blames him for his indifference. Also It is clear that he is a conscientious boy. He lied, but he was sorry about that, trying to hide his head under the quilts not to be ashamed by his lying, so the boy was in desperation. As far as the main character is the author of this story his perception of that situation when he was a grownup already can be analyzed . The author uses phrases which describe his attitude, to show that salvation was a kind of compulsion rather than his own will. People treated the boy as a lamb, at the same time they were described by author as homogeneous mass of crying people, so the author criticizes the excessive pressure of grownup people on children. Maybe Jesus doesn’t need any help to come?
In the story “Salvation” by Langston Hughes, 12 year old Hughes cycles through a wide range of emotions when he is confronted by the members of his church as a part of a ceremony. The author starts off confused as church goers chant what seems to be nonsense to him at first. When he gets a grasp of the idea that the event is about Jesus saving him and the kids he attended the church with, he becomes curious. Through all the confusion you can almost say Hughes grew with excitement when he realized he’ll finally meet this “Jesus” person that his aunt rambled on about. Jesus never arrives and Hughes becomes impatient and resorts to acting like Jesus has saved him to satisfy his family and church members. By the end of the story the author is ashamed for not only lying to the church, but for doubting their religious beliefs. I would describe Langston as open minded, curious, self aware, and most importantly, Innocent. Before questioning religion as a whole, Langston started off as the common adolescent church goer that played along and questioned nothing.
I would analyze the character of the story as a kid who was lost. He knew he wanted to do something but wasn’t able to gain the lesson from it because it wasn’t his time. Langston felt the pressure from his family and friends, the pressure for proving has a part of something his elders find important. I would say Langston is a child, hurt, pressured and confused embarrassed because he was sitting Infront of the church and surrounded by a crowd of people. He was misguided because of what the aunt said and confused on giving your life to God was. He said he felt like was saved from sin but not really saved. At the end of the story, he gave into the pressure, he followed after what everyone wanted him to do because he didn’t want to disappoint or be left behind. He changed because he lost faith in God, He didn’t follow his instant and made a major decision he regretted.
Welcome to Week 4 of our OpenLab course. The college is officially closed on Sunday and Monday (February 13 and 14); however, students should still complete all Week 4 aqctivities. This week will be reading “The Lesson” by Toni Cade Bambara, a story that is both funny and deeply serious. The story is written in African American Vernacular English (AAVE) rather than standard English. This will probably present no problems for most students; however, those for whom English is a second language may find the grammar and language a bit strange. I think you’ll all agree that the use of AAVE adds realism, authenticity, and humor to the narration. Please be sure to complete Quiz 3 by 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, February 19th. Note: Please be careful when posting on the discussion board. Do not change anything in the “Category Sticky” box on the right side of the screen. Leave that to read “Select Category.” If you check that box, my instructions do not appear first. Under that box is the one where you will add a check next to the current week. Also, please title your post: First Name Last Name Week 4 Discussion. Thank you!
