Salvation__The_Journey_Of_True_Faith

Salvation: The Journey Of True Faith Among Afro-American writers, Langston Hughes, one of the well-known names in Harlem Renaissance stories, establishes the tone in his writings through the language and the elements used. For example, in his short story “Salvation” Hughes utilizes the difference between good and evil as an analogy for religion. The narrator is expressing dissatisfaction in not having “Jesus to come to me” (181) and loss of religion faith brought about by social pressure to become a born-again Christian. Some people would believe attending church makes them a true Christian; however, some people need more than attending church to have Jesus in there life. Hughes establishes the tone of “Salvation” more so by the simplicity of his informal diction, incomplete sentences and the need of evidence to have faith. For instance, in aunt Reed’s conversation with the child stating that there would be a light and a spiritual feeling inside that proved Jesus came into your life. She told him that “you could see and hear and feel Jesus in your soul” (181) and he literally believed her. Imagine being a child growing up with no knowledge of faith. He was facing many challenges associated with the making of faith, jesus, life, pressure, church, people, hughes, god, example, aunt, 181, while, tone, told, time, story, saved, salvation, religion, proved, need, light, langston, friends, feeling, establishes, christian, child, came, believe, being, attending, acceptance, writings, writers