The Road to Redemption for Hazel Motes

Hazel Motes’ first step toward salvation is the rejection Jesus Christ and sin. The conversation that Hazel has with Mrs. Hitchcock on the train to Taulkinham brings the reader directly to Hazel’s intentions. As he says, “Obviously, you think you

The final step in Hazel Motes’ path toward salvation is a life changing experience for him. He is on his way to Atlanta to continue preaching The Church without Christ when he is pulled over by a highway patrolman who destroys the Essex. The patrolman then asks Hazel, “Where was you going? Was you going anywheres?” a question that neatly coincides with Hazes earlier preaching of “"Where you came from is gone, where you thought you were going to never was there, and where you are is no good unless you can get away from it." Needless to say, in a rush of enlightenment, Hazel realizes his own blasphemy and sees the need to repent for his sins. What follows is Hazel’s path self-mortification and self-blinding, which is his way of repenting and trying to be redeemed.

It is through these actions of rejecting of Jesus, searching for the truth, and then converting and repenting that Hazel completes his journey to the salvation. Hazel’s odd ways

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