There are many examples of different types of irony in the story as the narrator expresses his critical attitude to the first religion experience and to religion in general, makes clear that people don’t see the reality behind “the veil” of religion.
Literary Critique and biographical articles will be used for the research essay. They will lead to deeper understanding of the author’s experience and treatment to religion, and how these feelings are represented in his works.
JSTOR and Gale literature databases were used for searching the second sources.
Three articles were chosen as the secondary sources for inquiring. “Looking for Langston: Themes of Religion, Sexuality, and Evasion in the Life and Work of Langston Hughes”, “The Embodied Freedom of Langston Hughes“ and “Religion in the Poetry of Langston Hughes”. These works disclose author’s experience and worldview, including religion. The parallels in his works towards religion can be found. And generally the author’s experience which is described in “Salvation” can be treated as a forerunner of his future treatment to religion.
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Hello Amalia, I also found JSTOR and gale literature resource center to be most helpful in finding secondary sources that can support my thesis. Im not sure if this is the case for Langston Hughes and the shorty story “Salvation”, but as I looked through Literary critiques and Biographies about Toni Cade Bambara and her story “The lesson” A lot of the essays were mostly about stories that were not included in our class, and if they did mention them it was only brief. Thankfully I found a Critique/ Biography type of essay that provides enough content that it can be used in my essay. Hopefully this was not a problem for you. Good luck on completing your essay and thanks for sharing!
Hi Amalia I agree with the observation you had regarding the story. Indeed it is a young boy who finds himself faced with a dilemma. I also agree with the irony employed in the unfolding of the story he takes a critical stance towards early religious experience and religion in general. I also found some interesting articles on JSTOR thanks for your post
Amalia, which sentence is your thesis statement? You seem to have a couple of sentences here.