Langston Hughes tells how he was freed from sin for the first time but didn’t experience Jesus presence. On the last day when the children were meant to obtain salvation, he went to revival with his aunt Reed. His aunt said that if he was rescued, he would see a light that represented Jesus. The story states that “My aunt told me that when you were saved you saw a light, and something happened to you inside…” Even thought the preacher’s lecture and that others were bowing and praying for all the children to rise and be saved, Langston failed to see the light. That same night he sobbed in humility. In what ways is the young narrator different from the way he was at the beginning of the story? Because Langston’s views were disturbed by this encounter, Langston felt different how he felt at the beginning of the narrative to how he felt at the end of the story. He questioned why he hadn’t been saved if there was a God.
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