In his story he talks about the pressure of seeing Jesus. Hughes felt like he was being pressured because he was the only one who had not been saved because he had not seen Jesus for himself; instead he lied and said he did it so he wouldn't be left out. This is because he was the only one the whole church was now waiting for to “see Jesus and be saved”. This is demonstrated when Hughes says, “I began to be ashamed of myself, for having delayed everything so long” (p. 184). Due to his incompetence in not seeing Jesus, he later mentions that he would just stand up, but this made him regret doing so. This is where he said: “I had deceived everyone in the church” (p. 184). This is Hughes' way of showing that pressure is a very important thing because he did something he knew was wrong and he was doing it to please others rather than staying true to himself..