The short story By Langston Hughes, “Salvation,” narrates a story of a young boy’s deception of faith, religion, and maybe even adults. In this story, the young boy’s aunt explains how he will be saved, and that light and or Jesus will appear once saved from sin. Which he takes in literal words.  As he sits at the church waiting for this light or Jesus to show up to save him from sin, he feels “ashamed of himself” because he was the last person who had not been saved, and as the hours passed and it was getting late,  he decides to get up to be saved as expected to do so. In the last paragraph of “Salvation,” we see the epiphany for the young boy when he realizes that he no longer believes in religion. Because Jesus did not come to help him, we read of the anguish, it has caused him, that he too had lied not only to his aunt but also to everyone at the church. The young boy goes in with faith, expecting to be saved, and comes out feeling ashamed, guilt, and not having the same faith he had coming in.

The story “Araby,” by James Joyce, talks about a young boy infatuation with a slightly older young woman and how his feelings for this young woman blinded him to the darkness that surrounded him. The epiphany in this story results in a realization of spirit, and disillusionment or disappointment, which happened when he went Araby to the bazaar, a place the young woman had mentioned. Even though she could not attend, he was determined to make it there and get her gift. However, when he arrived at the bazaar, it was as dark as to where he came from. Perhaps it was because he arrived late, or he just had a different vision and expected the same blindness he had for his hometown as he had for the bazaar. In the very last paragraph, it tells the reader how he felt, and he no longer had the drive he had prior to going to the bazaar; he saw the absolute darkness that surrounded him.

The short story By Langston Hughes, “Salvation,” narrates a story of a young boy’s deception of faith, religion, and maybe even adults. In this story, the young boy’s aunt explains how he will be saved, and that light and or Jesus will appear once saved from sin. Which he takes in literal words.  As he sits at the church waiting for this light or Jesus to show up to save him from sin, he feels “ashamed of himself” because he was the last person who had not been saved, and as the hours passed and it was getting late,  he decides to get up to be saved as expected to do so. In the last paragraph of “Salvation,” we see the epiphany for the young boy when he realizes that he no longer believes in religion. Because Jesus did not come to help him, we read of the anguish, it has caused him, that he too had lied not only to his aunt but also to everyone at the church. The young boy goes in with faith, expecting to be saved, and comes out feeling ashamed, guilt, and not having the same faith he had coming in.

The story “Araby,” by James Joyce, talks about a young boy infatuation with a slightly older young woman and how his feelings for this young woman blinded him to the darkness that surrounded him. The epiphany in this story results in a realization of spirit, and disillusionment or disappointment, which happened when he went Araby to the bazaar, a place the young woman had mentioned. Even though she could not attend, he was determined to make it there and get her gift. However, when he arrived at the bazaar, it was as dark as to where he came from. Perhaps it was because he arrived late, or he just had a different vision and expected the same blindness he had for his hometown as he had for the bazaar. In the very last paragraph, it tells the reader how he felt, and he no longer had the drive he had prior to going to the bazaar; he saw the absolute darkness that surrounded him.