"Salvation" is a short story which talks about peer pressure and some religious aspects. The author tells his story about the day he went to his aunt's church where there was happening a celebration where the kids were going to be saved from the sins if they got up and accepted Jesus in their life. This was a bit problematic to the author since he was waiting to see, literally, Jesus but he didn't show up. At the end, he ends up going to the priest but doesn't feel honest about getting up there without seeing any religious revelation.
This essay criticizes how people tend to do things that they don't feel like doing just to satisfy others or to don't let them down. Also it shows that after actions like this, the person doesn't feel well. In the religious aspect, he acts as a kid of poor faith because he decides to not believe in what was happening just because he can't see Jesus. The author begins his essay saying that he was saved from sin since he was thirteen years old but that he didn't believe that because he lied at the celebration. This also shows the heaviness of a lie in people's life.
I liked this story because it was very controversial and the events can happen at any time in a kid's life. It's one of the basics critics of religion. How can I follow something I don't see? This essay can appeal to many kids but I feel that the real importance of this essay is to do things because you have faith in them and not just because other people told you to do it.
Works Cited
Hughes, Langston. "Salvation" Story. Literature For Composition 11th edition Chapter 11. page 432 . January 2018.
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