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3.2--"Salvation" and a song Thursday, 17 November 2016, 12:34 PM

Read  "Salvation" (32+) and find a song that you think relates to the text in some way.  Share the song (with a link if available) at assignment link 3.2 and offer a brief paragraph of why you chose the song in connection with the text.  In order to post, click "REPLY" in response to this post.

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Re: 3.2--"Salvation" and a song by Brianne Pacenta - Tuesday, 29 January 2019, 12:45 PM

  After reading this poem, I instantly thought of the song "Take Me to Church" by Hozier. I am not personally a fan of this song, but I do see how some people can relate to church in the same way that Hozier does. I chose this song because throughout it, it feels that Hozier doesn't feel connected to God and honestly doesn't really know Him. In the poem, it seemed that the narrator had this same type of disconnection with God. The narrator didn't find God and it said at the end that he stopped believing in Him after he tried to find him at church in front of the congregation. There were details about the night after he failed to see Jesus. He explained how he cried so much because of the lying to his aunt and the parish about finding Jesus and that he didn't believe in Him. This was due to Jesus not helping him. I think that Hozier is having this issue also. In the song, it says that he doesn't want to worship God in church but feels that if God did exist, it would be shown through the girl that he desires. Half of the song, he seems to be desiring a girl so much and the other half, he is explaining that he doesn't agree with the church. It also seems like he feels more connected to God and heaven during sex, not when he is partaking in religious activities. Overall, I chose this song because it felt like the same disconnection and dislike even toward God as it did when I was reading the poem in which the narrator was telling about his experience (lack of experience) with God. 

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Re: 3.2--"Salvation" and a song by Gabriella Pladocostante - Tuesday, 29 January 2019, 12:50 PM

  I chose the song “Pressure” by Muse to relate to the text “Salvation” by Langston Hughes. The first line of the song “I’m trapped and my back is up against the wall” and it reminded me of the memoir when Langston was the only child left to get saved and everyone was surrounding him with song and prayers. I thought Langston was feeling pressured to get up and be saved because he did not see the light his aunt had said he would. Also the line, “the pressure is growing exponentially” meaning he was feeling trapped and obligated to stand up and lie since he was the last one left and it was getting late. In the memoir when the other children got up after the preacher preached and ran to be saved, I thought that Langston was “falling behind.” In the song there is a line, “I’m falling behind now I’m tuning out.” The pressure of his aunt saying that he will see a light and that would be the moment Jesus will come into his life. Also when she is singing and praying on her knees is a lot of pressure for a 12-year-old boy. Since he does not see this light, I think Langston starts to lose his faith because why would Jesus not help him if he existed, also showing how he is starting to tune out of his faith and religion. There is a repeated line in the song “pressure building” which I believe is what is happening to Langston while he is sitting on the bench with everyone around him pressuring him to be saved.

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Re: 3.2--"Salvation" and a song by Martina Gale - Tuesday, 29 January 2019, 4:14 PM

  The essay “Salvation” reminded me of the song “Dancing on my Own” by Calum Scott. The song is a love/break up song, but some of the lyrics reminded me of things Hughes was saying in “Salvation.” The two pieces are about completely different things but I can relate some lines with Hughes's feelings in his essay. I think Hughes felt very lonely at the end of his story and feels like an outsider and wants to connect with God and religion. I think he feels guilty for lying about being saved by Jesus and seeing the light. In the

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