Reading Response: Salvation.
This is the reading response I wrote after reading "Salvation" by Langston Hughes. "Salvation" is about the time the author went to church and was pressured by everyone to see Jesus, go up to the altar, and be saved. He eventually lied about seeing him and just went up to the altar.
Here is my reading response:
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Deana Nall
Composition Review
10 September 2020
“Salvation”
by Langston Hughes Reading Response
In “Salvation” by Langston Hughes,
the author talks about one of his childhood anecdotes. He talks about the time
he went to church with his aunt and was pressured by everyone in the church to
see Jesus so he could go up to the altar and be saved. He was the only kid who
had not seen Jesus yet and since he was tired of waiting, he lied about seeing
him and went up to the altar.
The story made me feel empathy for the
author because it must have been an uncomfortable situation for him at that
age; I probably would have done the same thing. This story made me think about
the time a neighbor took me to one of those churches; everyone in the church
was singing, dancing, yelling, shaking, and falling on the floor. I felt a
connection because when I went to that church with my neighbor, I felt
uncomfortable which is how the author felt when that happened to him. I agree
with everything the author said because what he did is understandable; he was
very young and he was in an uncomfortable situation. He was the only kid who
had not seen Jesus and everyone in the church was waiting for him to see him.
He decided to just go up and end all that craziness. He did what all kids his
age would do; I’m sure none of those kids who went to the altar before him saw
Jesus either. If I had the chance to say something to the author I’d tell him
that Jesus is always present everywhere, even if you can’t see him.
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