The way Langston Hughes said he was saved but he wasn't really saved kind of gives the whole plot away at the beginning. But he said it like this to grab his readers' attention and make them keep reading on to fully understand why he was or was not saved. This indeed did catch my eye. I have also had a similar experience with the thoughts and feelings of our Lord. There have been many …showed first 75 words of 554 total…

…showed last 75 words of 554 total…day. If she had just gone and asked him what was wrong, and if he had told her maybe she would have understood. It does say that he could not bear to tell her that not only deceived her, the church, but also God, because it would hurt her too much. I think it could have been explained, at least in this day and age but back then it probably woud have been very hard.