I think I personally relate to the narrator in “Salvation”. I relate to him on the fact of realizing reality and the effects that, that can have on you as a child. Langston Hughes was very naive, as so was I and many children his age in his story was. He was naive because he took the adults in the story word for what will happen to him when he is saved. He expected like a magical feeling and see “God” which as adults, we know this not to be true, but telling this to a child he took it very literal. This reminded me of a time when I was younger and my cousin told me my mother was not coming back home after work because, she ran away. Now as a child I did not know that they were joking but just like the narrator, I was naive and took them very literal. I was very sad and confused. So I was able to relate to him on this through this.
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4 thoughts on “Yasmin Matthew-Johnson Discussion 2”
Hey Yasmin. I agree with your post. Children especially at a very young age can be very naive, they’d believe almost anything you tell them. I think that adults, and not only adults but us included; those who have more understanding and knowledge should do better at explaining things to kids, especially when we know some of those things could be taken literally and we know that is not how we meant for them to understand what we were saying. Also when it comes to the Bible we should be able to teach the kids what not to take too literally so their faith isn’t shared when those things they hoped would come or wouldn’t come the opposite happens just as in the case of Langston.
I completely agree with your point that the narrator was very naive in the way he just expected something physical when he got explained what was going on. When people are young they are very naive and sometimes they never grow out of it. I remember the times I used to be naive and a laugh at how dumb I was. I’m sorry your cousin did that to you hope your family is doing well.
It’s reasonable the way in which you connect with the storyteller’s insight of exploring adolescence guiltlessness and the real factors of grown-up assumptions and convictions. The differentiation between the effortlessness of experience growing up understanding and the intricacies of grown-up insights can be muddling and, surprisingly, troubling for youthful personalities.
Thinking about your own life as a youngster experience with naivety and taking things in a real sense, it’s obvious the way that effective such minutes can be in molding how we might interpret the world. It’s a sign of the significance of lucidity and responsiveness in speaking with youngsters about conceptual ideas like confidence and reality.
How would you think such youth encounters shape our discernments and convictions as we become older? Have you found that how you might interpret specific ideas has advanced over the long haul, especially as you’ve experienced more nuanced points of view and encounters?
Jacky, it’s not clear to me how your comments addresses Yasmin’s post. Try to simplify your language so that it is more clear.