Research on Judaism Shown in Saul Bellow's Seize the Day
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This paper aims to study Jewish elements in Saul Bellow's Seize the Day. Judaism is the religious, ideological base for Jews, which focuses primarily on this life seeking salvation in this world. It is based on Old Testament and folklores such as Talmud all of which highly value the realistic values, perseverance through trials, moral life, free will of the man who is created by God. If is natural for Bellow to employ Jewish elements in his novels to convey his novels for he was born in Jewish immigrant family and has been raised under the Jewish cultural background, Through his novels, he approaches his themes of free will, social responsibility from Judaic perspective. Seize the Day is one of the Bellow's best novels in which he employed more abundant Judaic elements than any other later works of his. Tommy Wilhelm, the main character of the novel, lacks the sense of reality setting unattainable goals, neglecting his responsibilities unwilling to accept life as it is, and relies on his father for financial support. Such negative attitude toward his life contradicts Jewish virtues. In this way, Bellow employs Jewish elements and conversely highlights the Jewish virtues in this novel.
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This paper aims to study Jewish elements in Saul Bellow's Seize the Day. Judaism is the religious, ideological base for Jews, which focuses primarily on this life seeking salvation in this world. It is based on Old Testament and folklores such as Talmud all of which highly value the realistic values, perseverance through trials, moral life, free will of the man who is created by God. If is natural for Bellow to employ Jewish elements in his novels to convey his novels for he was born in Jewish immigrant family and has been raised under the Jewish cultural background, Through his novels, he approaches his themes of free will, social responsibility from Judaic perspective. Seize the Day is one of the Bellow's best novels in which he employed more abundant Judaic elements than any other later works of his. Tommy Wilhelm, the main character of the novel, lacks the sense of reality setting unattainable goals, neglecting his responsibilities unwilling to accept life as it is, and relies on his father for financial support. Such negative attitude toward his life contradicts Jewish virtues. In this way, Bellow employs Jewish elements and conversely highlights the Jewish virtues in this novel.
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