In “Salvation” by Langston Hughes the younger boy can be described as hopeful, enthusiastic and zealous about Jesus coming into his life and seeing him and getting to know him after his aunt has talked greatly about Jesus and being saved. At the end of the story, he was different and felt immensely different about this religion he was always around and watched others praise along with worshipping someone that he was eager to know about. When the other little boy that he was left with at the alter realized that nothing was happening and he told Langston that he was tired and just going to say he got saved and the longer he stayed there he decided that he should too and was very conflicted by what he did and was upset.
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Hi Naajia
I agree with your interpretation of the short story. The boy in “Salvation” is a multidimensional character that, overall, embodies youth’s innocence and ignorance as well as the disappointment and annoyance that might result from unmet expectations. But as the night wears on, he comes to the bitter and disappointed realization that he has not been rescued. The boy exits the church at the end of the story, apprehensive of what lies ahead for him. Hughes offers a potent commentary on the status of spirituality and religion in the early 20th-century black community via his experiences.