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细读索尔·贝娄的《雨王亨德森》可以发现亨德森精神救赎的最终完成是通过他对于死亡的重新认知、超越及爱的生发来完成的。亨德森在非洲两个部落的经历各有所侧重。在阿纳维部落,他更多体验到的是爱及温情,而在瓦里里部落他学会了如何克服对于死亡的恐惧。对死亡恐惧的克服使亨德森不再将目光只投向于自身,而是投向别人,投向宇宙,从而为爱的生发提供了可能;而爱的力量的唤醒又消解了死亡带来的幻灭感及恐惧感。这两者相辅相成,互相影响,最终使得亨德森完成了精神的救赎。
A closer look at Saul Bellow’s Rain King Henderson reveals that the ultimate completion of Henderson’s spiritual salvation is accomplished through his renewed awareness of death, transcendence, and the growth of love. Henderson has focused on the experiences of the two tribes in Africa. In the Anawi tribe, he is more experienced in love and tenderness, and in the Warri tribe he learned how to overcome the fear of death. Overcoming the fear of death led Henderson not to turn his gaze to himself but to invest in others and into the universe, thus providing the possibility for the germination of love; and the awakening of the power of love dissipated the disillusionment of death And fear. The two complement each other and influence each other, ultimately making Henderson complete spiritual salvation.