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    Writing Exercise #2 The essay ‘Salvation” by Langston Hughes was the essay I connected with most. The religious aspect if it enticed me to read further. To me it was ironic that Hughes titled the essay “Salvation” when in fact it seemed young 12-year-old Hughes had become more lost than before going to the revival. I feel as if that Hughes wanted readers to take an important theme away from the essay; peer pressure from adults has a big impact on small children. Hughes style of writing is a unique

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    SalvationLangston Hughes Finds God in His Essay “Salvation” In Langston Hughes’ essay “Salvation‚” the author recounts how his failure to “see” Jesus and be outwardly saved results in a deeper‚ more stirring revelation: that only he---and not Jesus---can save his soul. Although Hughes devotes much of his essay to parodying the salvation experiences and apparent hypocrisy of other church members‚ and he tells us that the church building is stuffy‚ uncomfortable‚ hot and boring

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    discuss should be tied back to the author’s thesis. You’re discussing the various strategies used by the author to make his or her point and the effectiveness of those strategies to make the author’s point. These are sample thesis statements from the first multiple choice test. You can use them for your

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    saved. Salvation should be known for good experiences and not experiencing nothing. Langston Hughes wrote story titled “Salvation” who claims that nothing happened to him in his salvation experience. In “SalvationHughes demonstrates through characters’ perspectives how salvation in accepting Jesus as Lord is manipulated to be a religious act and not a genuine salvation. As the author‚ Hughes’ perspective of salvation contributes to the theme by believing in experiencing Jesus in his salvation. Hughes

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    That was a decision made by Langston Hughes when he was a young child. In an essay called “Salvation”‚ by Langston Hughes‚ the author discusses a time when he was a young child being peer pressure to give an answer by the other people in the church. Langston was supposed to sit up if he saw Jesus‚ but in his mind he took it in a serious approach. In other words‚ he took it literally and waited for Jesus to appear right in front of him. This then lead Langston into being mendacious saying

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    A Critical Response to Langston HughesSalvation In Langston HughesSalvationHughes illustrates himself as a little boy‚ who’s decisions at a church one morning‚ reflect the human races instinctive tendency to conform and in a sense‚ obey. That morning in church‚ Hughes is indirectly pressured to go up to the altar and "be saved" by seeing the light of god. Hughes was a young and impressionable boy who wanted "salvation" and to see Jesus so badly that when he couldn’t see Jesus and the

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    In his story “Salvation‚” Langston Hughes talks about a time when he was supposed to be saved from sin‚ but wasn’t. Hughes is thirteen‚ and it is roughly 1915‚ in a church that his Aunt Reed attends. There is a revival taking place‚ where they save sinners and being them to God. In the story‚ Hughes demonstrates how easy it is for adults to pressure children. Hughes begins with his Aunt Reed telling him: “...when you were saved‚ you saw a light‚ and something happened to you inside! And Jesus came

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    The short story Salvation‚ written by Langston Hughes‚ is based on his personal experience at church as a young child. Langston Hughes aunt takes him to a meeting for the children at her church. At the meeting all the kids were to sit on the mourners bench and wait for Jesus to save them. Towards the end of the ceremony‚ all the children had been saved by Jesus except Langston and another boy. Eventually‚ he decides to get up and said that he had been “saved” by Jesus‚ although he never was. His

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    Summary of “Salvation” by Langston HughesSalvation” was written by Langston Hughes. This story is about when Hughes going on thirteen‚ he was saved from sin. However‚ his not really saved. Church had had a special meeting for children. The meeting was about to bring the young sinner who had not yet been brought to Jesus. He was waiting for a light. Because he’s aunt and many great old people told him that when his saved he will saw a light‚ and something happened to him inside‚ and Jesus

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    step and watching them‚ but it is all in their head. Being one’s own person is what makes people who they are. Individuals differ in other dimensions from their shoe size to their view on who will become the next president. In “Salvation” by Langston Hughes‚ young Langston shared how he and his peers experience pressure from their church and how differently they all deal with the situation. When children are being raised by their guardians‚ they tend to follow their footsteps. The big revival at

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