Sophia Morales Discussion 3

I would describe the boy in the story, “Salvation” by Langston Hughes, as trusting, faithful, anxious, and excited. I say he is trusting because when his aunt tells him what he should expect from the revival, he believes her with no doubt and has faith that something will happen to him inside and he will see this “light.” I would maybe also describe him as naive or innocent because when he hears everyone asking Jesus to come, there is this implied sense that he is truly excited and anxious to physically see Jesus. When he was the only one left that had not been saved, he says, “And I kept waiting serenely for Jesus, waiting, waiting – but he didn’t come. I wanted to see him, but nothing happened to me. Nothing! I wanted something to happen to me, but nothing happened,” to further show his innocence. By the end of the story, he is ashamed, no longer excited and lacks faith because he felt he had deceived everyone and no longer believes there is a Jesus anymore because he didn’t come to help him.