Regarding “Salvation,” 1. What is the tone of this essay? Is it comic, serious,

Regarding “Salvation,”
1. What is the tone of this essay? Is it comic, serious, or both? Explain your answer.
2. In this essay, can the word “salvation” be construed in more than one way? Explain your answer.
Regarding “American History,”
1. How would you describe the tone of this essay? Explain your answer.
2. Why does the narrator spy on the neighbors?
3. Why does Elena’s mother warn her that she is “forgetting who you are” and “heading for humiliation and pain”?
4. What is the significance of the essay’s title?
– Salvation:
-https://centerforfiction.org/fiction/salvation-by-langston-hughes/
– American History:
-https://resources.finalsite.net/images/v1560883341/sandyspring/psdflzfbhjvwuasxxcym/AmericanHistory.pdf