In the beginning of “Salvation”, the author Langston Hughes came across as innocent and naive, anticipating the event that his aunt told him about as well as other older people. He expected this bright light to shine and to meet Jesus but by the end, he ends up questioning his belief and even states that he didn’t believe in Jesus anymore. He also ends up feeling bad that he lied about having the experience because he felt like he had to after how all the church members acted when he was still sitting waiting for something to happen. He waited so long that he started to feel ashamed and got up just to get it over with. This really speaks to the follower mentality that people usually have because they feel pressured to be like everyone else just like how Langston Hughes was singled out by the minister for still sitting down so he just got up to have it done with. This led to him losing his faith since he didn’t experience what many people told him he would and only did what everyone else did out of the feeling that he needed to conform with everyone else.
