Langston Hughes Dishonesty Of Religion

Langston Hughes efficiently uses rhetorical devices to satirize religion. The story displays religious restoration that the author attended at thirteen years old. By the second sentence, Hughes explains that he wasn't "really saved", which sets a risky tone toward religion. The dishonesty of religion is highlighted throughout the narrative both by displaying the inconsistency between the child's approach of the religious restoration and the adult’s approach. Hughes' choice of language and syntax helps to form his sarcastic and ironic tone toward religion, returning numerous times to examples of the fanfare correlated with church and the excessive reactions of those who attend.
Through the reiteration of the word "sinner", and by the use of