Reflection of "Salvation"



Reflection of Salvation:



            Salvation it’s a story that deliver us a problem that sounds familiar for some of us. Everyone, at least, must have a super religious person in his family, or with some cult or ideology. The essay recounts the story of Hughes's loss of faith. Hughes, who is “going on thirteen” at the time, attends a church revival with his Auntie Reed. He literally expects to see Jesus at the revival because the adults in his life have told him that he will see Jesus. The author’s experience its an example of what people do to their other family members, children are the most affected in this area. So many people raise their children with that mentality. I do not agree raise a kid in that way, as I prefer a non-cult or religious education. As the author experience that devastating moments it makes her realized that Jesus doesn’t exist, as he said “and that now I didn't believe there was a Jesus anymore, since he didn't come to help me.” That clearly means that he is now being atheist or an unbeliever. Making children believe or think the same thing as adults is wrong. There are many ways to educate a child and I think they should never be forced to do something. After he lied about seeing Jesus, he felt very bad, because he was expecting something that was promised to her. Something that never arrived, as he was so innocent and young he didn’t handle it the correct way. As some people said “forcing religion upon your kids in this manner is like entering them in beauty pageants.... you're doing it for your own good not theirs.” “But at the same time, general exposure to religion when you are young is not a bad thing, as long as you are also offered the tools to question it.” As we see Hughes didn’t have that option, because he was scary of being rejected by the other people. He was forced to do the same as the others because of the group pressure that was on him, that was mainly by his own family. We are seeing the loss of faith of the narrator as he notice that all of what they promise to him is not true, or at least he didn’t saw it. He has effectively shown how strongly an adult’s words

can influence a child.  This story should be a warning to all adults to how they talk to children because their young minds don’t understand certain things. In conclusion the story explains the point when he discovered a significant truth about faith and religion because of the supposed “salvation” he needed to be a Christian and how this causes him to lose faith.








Works cited



Pittmann, Cynthia. Reflection from "Salvation" by Hughes, Langston. Class assignment UPRRP 26 December 2017





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