Langston Hughes Salvation Summary

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angston Hughes wrote “Salvation” which is a short essay where he explains how religion entered into his life in his Aunt’s church and briefly describes his beliefs based on that experience. This was an important event in his life because his Aunt told him that something happens inside of a person once they are saved. She told him that he would see, hear and feel Jesus! Hughes was thirteen at the time and believed that Jesus would appear to him in front of the church.

Hughes describes this religious revival as being loud with songs, moans, preaching and shouting. He said members of the church came down to the front of the church to kneel, cry and pray. He felt as if the whole building rocked with prayer and song. The preacher sang about one

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