... along with it in hopes of bettering our own life. When things do not go as planned, we are let down and sometimes left feeling lost and confused. In the essay, Salvation, Langston Hughes is recalling how he gave into conformity at a church revival and in turn, found himself feeling both frustrated and disappointed. The onset of frustration began when Hughes ... him to conform to Christianity. Hughes, tired of his aunt nagging about going to a revival to be saved, finally went along with her to be saved at church. As he sat at the mourner's bench he became disappointed in himself; he was...

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• Grade Level: High School