“Salvation” is one of the greatest short stories written by Langston Hughes. Langston Hughes is both the narrator and the protagonist of the story which is about losing his faith. While reading the story, we see the entire transformation of protagonist which gives us the main idea of the reading. We read about the entire experience Hughes goes through from his childhood till revival meeting. At the beginning, he is full of faith and confidence which entirely changes at the end of the story. Throughout the story, we see how Langston’s beliefs change once he realizes that there is no physical human being standing in front of him. He realizes that he is not feeling anything at the church, when he is supposed to feel enlightened and saved as taught in the childhood. All those unexpected emotions made Langston feel lost and confused. He was losing his faith which was so deeply written in his mind. He felt weird for not exactly experiencing what he thought he would experience. Hughes decided to make others feel like he had in fact seen Jesus which made him feel horribly guilty.
Langston was a kid who once believed in Jesus and had a deep faith, which entirely changed at the end of the story. From my point of view, deep inside, Langston always knew that there was something else, unanswered but because of how he was raised, he did not have much choice in life, but to saved by Jesus.
