Children are manipulated into the consumption of religion. A child born into a family with a strong religion is expected to blindly follow through with the same beliefs. Expectations placed on the youth in religion may create fear of rejection from such a distinct society. Langston Hughes experiences this fear after going to a church revival in Salvation. Hughes lies to his entire church when the pressure to see Jesus become too much to bear for him “ Then I was left all alone on the mourner’s bench. My aunt came and knelt at my knees and cried, while prayers and songs swirled all around me in the little church. The whole congregation prayed for me alone, in a mighty wail of moans and
Children are manipulated into the consumption of religion. A child born into a family with a strong religion is expected to blindly follow through with the same beliefs. Expectations placed on the youth in religion may create fear of rejection from such a distinct society. Langston Hughes experiences this fear after going to a church revival in Salvation. Hughes lies to his entire church when the pressure to see Jesus become too much to bear for him “ Then I was left all alone on the mourner’s bench. My aunt came and knelt at my knees and cried, while prayers and songs swirled all around me in the little church. The whole congregation prayed for me alone, in a mighty wail of moans and