In this story we can see how not telling the complete truth can affect a person. Langston Hughes is a normal kid and like any other kid he will not behave well all the time. The church that Langston and his aunt attend to was a having a ceremony. This ceremony consisted in saving those lost lambs and helping them get to Jesus, by watching a light, that will save them. Every other kid went to the platform to be saved, except Langston and another named Wesley. Wesley eventually went up because he was tired of waiting but Langston stay a little while. He was waiting for Jesus. The time passed and Jesus didn’t show up, so he decided to go up, because he couldn’t hold on with all the pressure and it was getting late. This cause him to lie and to later on regret his decision. I don’t fully understand why these children are being called sinners, because at that age they barely knew what’s right and what’s wrong. I think that the church’s idea of saving the children and helping them be sin free is good, but I don’t like the method they use to achieve it. I didn’t like this because it was more like a peer pressure thing. I say this because the entire church was pushing them into making a decision that maybe they didn’t wanted to do. By doing this they obligate the children to decide and if they don’t, they will basically be judge. That thought of being judge is what push Langdon into lying; he didn’t want to feel judged neither to disappoint his aunt. I think that both, the Church and Langdon, weren’t fully honest. First the Church by pushing the children to go up to the platform and not telling the complete truth about Jesus, and second Langston by not being honest about what he couldn’t see.
What struck me the most was that Langston felt guilty, but at the same time he felt sad. How could a kid that is considered as a “sinner” feel guilt for a lye? That is really weird in my opinion because people that are called “sinners” don’t really care about a lie. By lying he thought that eventually he will see Jesus but it wasn’t like that at all. This cause in him to feel sadness, and disappointed. The consequence was that he lost his faith in Jesus and I don’t blame him because when somebody talks about you this amazing thing and that amazing thing doesn’t happen, one tend to lose faith. That is exactly what happen to Langston. He thought that eventually he will be safe and see the light, but in the end, nothing really happens.
Works cited:
Pittmann, Cynthia. Reflection from “Salvation” by Hughes, Langston. Class assignment UPRRP 26 December 2017.
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