Reaction Paper Non Fiction ENG 125 September 24‚ 2012 Heather Carpolio Reaction Paper Non Fiction “Salvation” By Langston Hughes "My aunt told me that when you were saved you saw a light‚ and something happened to you inside! And Jesus came into your life! And God was with you from then on! She said you could see and hear and feel Jesus in your soul." ( Barnet‚ Burto & Cain‚ 2011) Langston Hughes ’ short story uses allegory to redefine the word "see"‚ when his aunt tells him
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The Novel of Salvation on Sand Mountain is a 1995 non-fiction book written by Dennis Covington. The book begins with Covington’s first visit to a Church of God with Signs Following‚ located in an old gas station. It is here that he meets many of the longtime members of the church‚ and comes to find that the following has decreased in numbers due to the conviction of Glenn Summerford. In this first service‚ no snakes are taken out‚ but Covington does notice some peculiar things about the church such
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scrutinizing their every 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
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thrown into situations that are not easy‚ and we’re forced to steer through the disorder and chaos. Ralph Emerson said “To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” In the essays “Salvation” and “Shooting an Elephant” authors Langston Hughes and George Orwell convey the similar message that anything of importance‚ can’t be forced on anyone‚ they rather have to find it for themselves. Orwell was about twenty years old when he went
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Salvation on sand Mountain It’s a hard job to be a reporter and not get drawn into the subject in which you are reporting. Most people who go out for this job know this ahead of time and aren’t the type to be drawn in that easy. Certain topics become too personal to a reporter though and become near impossible for them no to become too attached or too involved in. For Dennis Covington God was the thing that became way too personal for him as he got way to involved in the church he was studying
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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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controversial. Although in the English dictionary‚ "saved" is defined as many different‚ meanings such as to rescue or deliver from danger or harm. To relate to this story‚ "saved" is defined as "to deliver from sin." This young boy‚ Langston‚ in "Salvation‚" by Langston Hughes‚ could not experience the true meaning of being saved. I‚ on the other hand‚ can. Langston’s aunt had a huge effect on his faith being so-called safe. She was so excited for the special meeting " ’to bring the young lambs to
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Anna Quindlen wrote an essay title “Stuff Is Not Salvation” she began by telling a story about a Wal-Mart employee. What passes for the holiday season began before dawn. The day after Thanksgiving‚ when a worker at a Wal-Mart in Valley Stream‚ New York. was trampled to death by a mob of bargain hunters. Afterward‚ there were reports that some people were mesmerized by cheap consumer electronics and discounted toys. The people kept shopping even after announcements to clear the store. (Quindlen)
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This is the part of the brain that controls everything related to vision. A storyteller might describe what they have seen to give you a sense of place and help you imagine what it looked like to be there with the writer. In his short story “Salvation‚” Langston Hughes uses this part of narration to describe the elderly of his church. “A great many old people came and knelt around us and prayed‚ old women with jet-black faces and braided hair‚ old men with work-gnarled hands.” Even this small
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Pressure from above Langston Hughes wrights about a major event of his childhood in the moving story “Salvation.” The message of this story is that the pressure to conform to your families religious beliefs may have a negative affect the young. Hughes does not place a direct thesis in his story. Hughes wants religious families to realize that pushing children into their faith will backfire if the children feel too pressured. He directs his story to the adults of religious communities and the
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