In Langston Hughes’ story Salvation, the author was a 12 to 13-year-old boy who was inspired by his aunt’s remarks. His aunt was always bragging about how Jesus rescues everyone and how inspirational her remarks about Jesus were. Langston wished to be saved by Jesus himself after hearing these words of magnificence. Langston was a devout follower of Jesus at the time, but after a period of attempting to persuade Jesus to save him, he developed a profound hatred for him since he couldn’t understand why Jesus didn’t save him while saving everyone else. As a result, the behavior change in the beginning of the story vs. the end of the story was that he was excited to see what Jesus would do and was happy, but in the end of the story, when he lied to everyone by saying that Jesus saved him when he wasn’t saved, he became a lier and felt bad about himself deep down. When Langston didn’t receive salvation from Jesus, he began to doubt his faith.
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Hey Marisa I like your post and agree with your analysis of Langston’s sentiments as he went from having faith to needing to rethink his views. Langston seems unconcerned while everyone else in the church sings and prays for their salvation and gets saved by Jesus. He’d realize he hadn’t been “rescued” by anyone. Going to church had the opposite effect; he expected to be rescued but was not, and now wonders if God exists.