Salvation

__Summary:__

Salvation by Langston Hughes was about the narration saying he was saved from sin, then shortly he states he wasn't actually saved and tells the story about it. There was revival in the church his Aunt Reed attended with a lot of sinners giving themselves to Christ. Finally in the final day the children were invited to the service so they could be saved as well. In that service the children were placed in the front of the ceremony and the aunt stated to him that when he was saved he would see a light and that something will happen to him inside. that is when Jesus would enter his life. Throughout the service he saw other children going into tears and come up to the front of the church to the preacher could pray for them, but he could not see the light. Finally it was only him and his friend Westley left sitting down waiting to see the light and all the older people kneeling and crying for them to be "saved from sin" as well. Then Westley was tired of sitting down and thought he should just get up and be saved already, so he did and Langston was there all alone. He stayed there for quiet a while and felt bad because he was taking everyone's time by not being saved. He wanted to be saved but did not see the light or hear from Jesus. He got tired of it so just stood up and everyone in the congregation leaped with joy that he had finally been saved, but in reality wasn't. Later that night Langston was crying because he felt bad that he lied to his aunt and the church while his aunt thought he was crying because supposedly he had been saved. "I hadn't seen Jesus, and that now I didn't believe there was a Jesus anymore, since he didn't come to help me" (p 281).

__List of Topics:__
 * Religion
 * Denial
 * Ashamed
 * Sinners
 * Saved from sin

__Evaluation:__

I really enjoyed reading this story because i feel like i could relate to the narrator. When I was younger i was brought up to church by my parents, and we would go to church every Sunday and not miss one Sunday class. In the Sunday service we would always get a chance to come up to front of the church and try to get saved by Jesus at every ending of a ceremony. I would see people cry and be dancing because they have recieved the "Holy Spirit" but i never felt like i had to do that. Even at this age I don't feel the need of it. It isn't because I don't believe in Jesus, I just don't see anything or feel anything other than peace knowing I'm going to church. That is why I really enjoyed this story. Knowing that I was not the only one. While I was reading through the story it reminded me of when I was young and feeling the same way.

Citing:

McMahan, Elizabeth, Susan Day, and Robert Funk. //Literature and the Writing Process //. 10th ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1996. Print.

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__Resources:__
> Before reading this article I didn't know about him, just that he wrote the short story, "Salvation". Now I have gained more knowledge about his achievements; also acknowledgements he has received from his work.I really like how this article also comes with some pictures of Hughes and his development in age over the years of his work.
 * Internet Resource ** - Information on [|Langston Hughes]
 * This article was very useful because it gave a lot of information on Hughes. It talked about his bibliography through out his life and also his achievements as well. In the article it talked about the main points of his life and career.

"Hughes's Life and Career--by Arnold Rampersad." //Hughes's Life and Career--by Arnold Rampersad //. N.p., n.d. Web. 08 Apr. 2015.


 * Database Resource ** - Articles about information on [|Collected works on Langston Hughes]


 * In this article it also talked about Hughes works and acknowledgments as well. It talked about how his work impacted the black and white community as well. Hughes wrote about african american literature and how his work has impacted the community.

Gibson, Donald B. "Arnold Rampersad, ed. The Collected Works of Langston Hughes." //African American Review // 37.2-3 (2003): 462+. //Literature Resource Center //. Web. 1 Apr. 2015.