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汤姆叔叔的小屋英文读后感 篇1

In English this year summer vacation homework requires us to see an English story book, my heart after thousands of things to pick a thin book _ the UNCLE TOM 's Cabln “UNCLE TOM's cabin. But this book is thin, but also let me read, and dark zhang two monks confused, almost doubling a dictionary.

The story is about a man named Tom the sad fate of black slaves. Uncle Tom was a slave owner thanked bill's slaves, his upright and capable, loyalty to serve the master for many years. But because bill owed down debt, hence the Tom and eliza's son small female slaves Henry sold to the slaver bonded. Eliza accidentally learned the news, she took her son fled to Canada. And uncle Tom roll with the punches, was eventually sold by a southern plantation, and later because he refused to tell the whereabouts of escaped slave Casey, the result is master beaten black and blue. At this point, he had little boy Johnny Shelby has grown up, and found him to travel long distances and prepare to buy him, but he is finally in the master arms closed his eyes forever. Back to home, embeds a bill in the name of uncle Tom freed all his slaves, and told them, is uncle Tom to make them free.

Although uncle Tom is black, and read a few books, but the reason he knows more than some white smugness, compassionate heart is Buddha alive, he let I admire. His friendship just like the duke guan kwan tai, is worth me to learn; And his self-sacrifice spirit like tan qiangiu teacher in the sichuan earthquake, touched ten thousand people; Loyalty, and his ”do“ is like zhuge liang, is we should have a heart.

After reading the book ”uncle Tom's cabin, I see behind the capitalist civilization, is a ruthless sucks exploitation of slaves; Today's prosperity in the United States, is tightly linked with slaves of sin. But up to now, still there are some people discrimination against blacks in the United States. Wish every country in the world to protect small and weak, let people no hunger, cold, no bullying oppressed, how hope to everyone is equal, every corner in the world is not hierarchical, hope such SINS and discrimination forever lost in this beautiful earth. Keep a kind and honest heart forever do not bow to fate is biggest enlightenment after I finish reading this book.

《汤姆叔叔的小屋》英文读后感 篇2

These days Ive just finished the novel Uncle Toms Cabin that left a really deep impression on me and we can see.

It is a book written in 1852 in response to the passage of the Fugitive Slave Law, Uncle Toms Cabin has been considered as the most influential anti-slavery novel in that period and described by Stowe herself as a “series of sketches” describing the human cruelty of slavery, opens with a description of Arthur Shelbys Kentucky plantation during the antebellum period.

There are several impressive characters in this novel, George who is clever and brave;Harry, a beautiful and talented child who sings dances and mimes;Mrs. Shelby, a very religious woman;Sambo and Qimbo and so on. The major character Uncle Tom who was the most impressive in this novel was a devout Christian. He endured the miserable fate bravely and aroused the whites sympathy for slaves with his Christs sacrifice and the tolerance of returning good for evil. This novel focuses on the distinctive personalities of Uncle Tom deeply influenced by Christianity and the important role Uncle Toms Cabin playing on abolition; and the Significance of “Uncle Tom” to the harmonious worlds development, and the effect on modern people.

In the book, at the beginning, the author presents us a very beautiful image of a rather harmonious family who live a happy life. However, that beautiful image couldnt last long, the darkness came soon. The master of this happy family, Uncle Tom was arranged into a difficult situation. As Shelby, the not cruel master, he has incurred serious debts- prompting him sell some slaves to avoid financial ruin, so Uncle Tom, Shelbys loyal servant since childhood was sold to Mr.

Haley, the slave trader. Uncle Tom remained loyal to his master, despite his betrayal and the risk of death at the cruel hands of a new master. The slaves at the plantation were very mournful, but Tom remained placid and tried to read his Bible for comfort. On the steamboat to New Orleans, where Tom was to be sold, Tom befriended an angelic little girl, “Little Eva” St. Clare. Uncle Tom saved the five-year-old beauty from drowning, and she convinced her father to buy Tom for her own family. In her family, Tom enjoyed his life because of the girls love; Toms contentment does not last, however, because Eva soon falls ill. Dying, Eva asked Mr. St. Clare to free Tom after her death. But Mr. St. Clare is so sad by her death that he never legally freed Tom before he himself was killed trying to mediate a barroom scuffle. Mrs. St. Clare sold the slaves to settle her husbands debts and Tom was sold to Simon Legree who was so violent that beat his slaves brutally. At last, when Mr. Shelby, finally found Uncle Tom, he was almost died. After Tom was dead and buried, Shelby went back and freed his slaves.

As we all can see that Uncle Toms Cabin was an anti-slavery novel and it was even considered as one factor that caused the Civil War. In the novel, the slaves were sold from one place to another frequently, and their fate was tragic, with no exception- just like Uncle Tom, no matter he was under the control of kind masters or evil masters, he cant escape the misfortune of being sold from one master to another. We cant see any human right of them, so terrible.

As someone said, with more people realizing the inhumanity of slavery in the 19th century, slavery became one of the most important issues and it became more violent year by year in American society. However, slavery was not abolished irrevocably until ratification of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution in 1865, following the Civil War. After the passage of Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote this novel Uncle Toms Cabin which publicized the evil of slavery to a wide audience.

Now we are in the 21st century, we may never come across such kind of thing. However, this book can always remind of us that there ever has existed this evil and we cant let it happen again. And “equality” 、“human right ” cant just be a slogan, we should make it come true really and always.

《汤姆叔叔的小屋》英文读后感 篇3

Joy depicts the crisis of faith that overcomes Rabbi Banish of Komarov, who, having buried his four sons and two daughters. Only through the mercy of the God he has denied, manifest in a radiant vision of the dead Rebecca, his beloved youngest daughter, is the rabbi’s belief restored. The sense of wonder and the touch of heavenly joy that linger after the vision dissolves convince Rabbi Banish of the folly of judging God’s actions by human standards. The rabbi has interpreted the apparent tragedy of his children’s premature deaths as evidence of God’s alienation, forgetting that God is by definition inscrutable. That God’s purpose transcends man’s ability to comprehend it is made clear to the expiring rabbi when the family dead approach his deathbed with arms outstretched to enfold him among them. For theirs is the kingdom of heaven to which a loving God has called them; and their deaths have evidenced not God’s wrath but his grace.

A version of Rabbi Banish’s deathbed revelation appears to Rabbi Nechemia in Something Is There. At twenty-seven he is already racked by the doubts that torment Rabbi Banish. So shaken is his belief in God that he deserts his rabbinical post in provincial Bechev for the flesh-posts of Warsaw. Although the prostitutes, unclean food, and shady business dealings which he witnesses there hold no attraction for the erstwhile rabbi, they intensify his revulsion from the world created by God and therefore his alienation from God himself. Unlike Rabbi Bainish, whose intimations of immortality and consequent rededication to God precede his radiant deathbed vision, Rabbi Nechemia cannot allay his doubts until the very moment of death, when a light he never knew was there flickered in hid brain.

While his dying words—something is there—resolve his crisis of faith, they come too late to affect the spiritual renewal attained by Rabbi Banish. No explicit promise of immortality, let along of salvation, attends Rabbi Nechemia’s vision. Perhaps grace is accorded Rabbi Banish because his doubt is triggered by devastating personal losses, and withheld from Rabbi Nechemia because his despair is the bitter fruit of idle speculation about the unknown. Whatever the reason, relatively few of Singer’s characters are granted at the moment of death the transcendent vision of unity between man and God that appears to Rabbi Banish in Joy. For the fortunate few, release from time into eternity is affected by a divine visitation which obliterates distinctions between past and present, living and dead.

These kinds of characters are lost in their world because of the seducement of the material world. They doubt their formal faith and gradually give up what they believed. But after they have experienced so much hardship, they realize that they cannot adapt to the life of the outer world so they regress to the former life with formal faith. They realize the importance of God and they begin to think seriously about the relationship between man and God. At last they find their right way of their life.

汤姆叔叔的小屋读后感 篇4

读过美国近代史后，我认识了一位了不起的美国总统，他就是废除奴隶制维护美国统一的一代伟人——林肯。但是大多数人肯定不知道，在林肯主张废除奴隶制的时候，还有另一股力量也在掀起美国废奴运动的高潮，它来自斯托夫人的一部书，一部反映黑奴制度的巨著——《汤姆叔叔的小屋》。这本书犹如平地一声霹雳，震撼了美国社会。

书中为人正直、心地善良、笃信宗教的汤姆叔叔；有勇有谋、聪明好学的混血奴隶乔治；唯利是图、冷酷无情的奴隶贩子黑利；人性泯灭、天良丧尽的雷格里；有正义感、但随波逐流的圣克莱尔等栩栩如生的人物给我留下了深刻的印象。

当全文读完，我的心也为之阵阵震颤，泪水已镶嵌在了眼角，说真的，这种滋味和上次读《悲惨世界》时候的感觉是如此相似，是深深烙刻于心底的疼痛，不好受。虽说结尾是快乐美好的，但我对主人公汤姆的去世感到无比伤感。的确，黑奴的遭遇是多么悲惨。文中描述了像烈格雷这种残暴凶恶的奴隶主，经常殴打黑奴，强迫黑奴做不愿做的事情。也有运气好的，可能会遇到像圣克莱尔和小乔治这样宽容博爱的主人，但他们的身份仍然只是奴隶。可悲啊！拥有白色皮肤的人为何心却狠得像黑色的恶魔？他们只知道自己是个人，需要他人的尊重，但却把黑人当作了一件任人买卖欺凌的商品。为什么不过是肤色不一样，他们的命运就要有如此的天壤之别呢？黑人与白人到底存在什么样的差距，为何黑人就要成为白人的奴隶呢？从书中主人公汤姆——一个可敬的黑人身上，我丝毫没有看出白人与黑人的差距，反而看出了汤姆的吃苦耐劳，精明能干，可以说他比任何一个白人都能干。

同样是人，为什么白人就可以随意凌驾于黑人之上，白人有什么理由剥夺黑人的自由？总之我没有找到能证明这一切的理由。相反我又一次从汤姆大叔身上看到了一些白人所没有的宽容、博爱的思想和一颗充满爱的心。可见黑人与白人之间是平等的，没有低下和高尚之分。就像法布尔曾在他的《昆虫记》里写到他对生命的看法，“万物都是平等的，不管它是多么微小，至少它是生命。”

不知不觉又想起了林肯总统，那个曾经的鞋匠的儿子，当他当选美国总统的时候，那些自以为上流社会所谓优越的的人对他不屑一顾，鄙视他是一个鞋匠的儿子。并且在他当上总统时，有人扔鞋子侮辱他，认为他不配，但林肯宽容大度，最终以自己的宽容与智慧赢得了大家的信任和爱戴。不仅这样，林肯还解放了黑奴，揭露和控诉了蓄奴制的罪恶，而且为美国的发展做出了卓越的贡献。由此可见，出身卑微的不一定低下，出身高贵不一定就高尚，从这儿就反映出人与人之间是平等的，这是亘古不变的真理。

汤姆叔叔的小屋读后感 篇5

假期，我读了一本书——《汤姆叔叔的小屋》，这本书讲述了一位美国黑人奴隶，在惨无人道的奴隶制的压迫下艰难生活，最终死去的故事。

20世纪四五十年代的美国，没有战争的硝烟，却到处是烟火的味道。小镇上空弥漫着乌云，马儿不断地喘着粗气，一场战争正在酝酿，那时的美国社会到处是对黑人的歧视和奴役，他们中的很多人有着和汤姆相似的甚至更加悲惨的命运，他们或许没有遇到伊娃，也许他们一生都生活在痛苦之中，从未感受到爱的存在。《汤姆叔叔的小屋》一部非凡的小说，引发了一场解放和自由的战争。人的自私和莫名的优越感让他们毫无人性的压榨其它种族的人。犹太人也好，黑人也罢，为什么人们就不能平等地相处呢？汤姆这个悲剧式的人物，是那个黑暗社会的真实写照，而这部书更是那个社会的缩影。肯塔基州的一个庄园主谢尔贝因负债累累，受人钳制，被迫卖掉庄园上最得力、最忠实可靠的黑奴汤姆和谢尔贝太太宠爱的使女伊丽莎的爱子小哈利来抵债。伊丽莎偷听到消息，携子连夜逃走。途中夫妻不期而遇，在废奴派人士帮助下，逃到加拿大，取得了自由。后乔治决心到非洲为建设一个非洲人的国家而努力奋斗。这是一个敢于斗争的黑人青年，从而走上了光明的道路。汤姆则被卖给了奴隶贩子海利，在船上救了一个落水的伊娃，那小女孩的父亲圣？克莱亚就买他作家奴，待他宽厚。但老人不久死于非命，汤姆又落到了残暴的庄园主雷格里的手中。期间雷格里要汤姆鞭打女人，被他当面拒绝，后凯茜和爱弥琳设计逃走，他宁死也没有说出其二人下落，被活活打死。作者塑造了许多人物，汤姆是最主要的一个。他的忠厚和老实让我喜欢，他的正义感及助人为乐的精神更是令人敬佩。可他对宗教的笃信，实在让人费解。

这个故事之所以令我感动，是因为它真实地描写出当时美国旧社会的黑奴悲惨况，故事中的汤姆叔叔无论身在何处、什么情况都非常乐于助人，而且汤姆叔叔除了乐于助人这个优点外，他还十分善良、忠诚、能干、精明……还任劳任恕地替谢尔比先生管理庄园。还有伊丽莎，她为了自己的儿子哈里不被谢尔比先生买掉，只好连夜逃走。不惜为了儿子选择了一条既遥远又艰辛的道路，天天都要担心受吓，并且还要逃避一路上奴隶主的疯狂追捕，况且伊丽莎的本性就是善良、胆小怕事，所以伊丽莎为了儿子将母爱发挥到了极点。还有最值一提的善良、天真、纯洁，汤姆叔叔的好朋友伊娃。伊娃她有着天使一般的美丽的脸庞、纯洁的心灵，能够不分彼此地，平等地对待每一个人，无论是白人、黑人、好人、坏人、或其他人，要是他们有困难或需要帮助，她就会尽自己的所能去帮助他们。

汤姆叔叔的小屋英文读后感 篇6

Some time ago， I read a person's fame Khvostov of as “Uncle Tom's cabin。” Integrity， good-natured， religious Uncle Tom; prudent， smart， studious Mestizo slave George; inexcusable ruthless slave traders Hailey; destroys human nature， conscience ruined the alegre; a sense of justice， but drift， such as the St。 Clair lifelike characters left me a deep impression on him。 What made me the most unforgettable is the smart and lively but wild full， and later transferred teach self-esteem a slave girlTOM love。

TOM blacks had the most black， a pair of round bright eyes as sparkling glass beads， like， look a bit strange face is a shrewd and crafty Kyrgyzstan wonderful binations， like a goblin-like。 She loves to steal， stealing after lie， put an innocent expression; her misbehavior， all making her revenge， hoaxes; she would take advantage of the master out， crazy couple of hours to make his home mess。 Her owner exhausted all ways to punish her， education， she tried to change her bad habits， but to no avail， this is only because there is no love!

Think about it! This was lovely child， born into slavery， she belonged to them all the only masters of the so-called masters of her fate。 Her childhood on his master's scolding to grow up， so she formed the habit of lying， bad habit of√★√ stealing things， and that she was beautiful， tarnished the purity of heart。 In this there is no dignity， experiencing being separated from being whipped all day circumstances， how can we have a noble moral character and firm in faith? Only pure， beautiful， selfless love can save her soul! When the angelic Eva to her love of her time，TOM eyes cast the tears that her heart has been ray of sunshine of love。 Sure enough， after the changeTOM Well， her efforts to care for others。 This is the punishment， not preaching Forever effect， full of love beyond all words! This is the power of love!

In our lives， there are many like TOM as children。 Their bad behavior， there is no love， will not listen to reason， then do not hate him， to understand with love， tolerance， stripped away a layer of green shoots yellow things， with love to the hearts of probation numb。 We should always remember; the power of love is enormous， and the supreme! “Uncle Tom's cabin” This masterpiece has been published in 150 years， it has been able to make today is still deeply moved by readers， but also because the author in the book preached brotherhood and humanity in the disappearance of slavery today has been the eternal pursuit of mankind。

《汤姆叔叔小屋》读后感 篇7

读了《汤姆叔叔的小屋》后我心潮起伏这是一部具有鲜民主义倾象的作品激发了美国的南北战争。它记载了忠厚、善良的汤姆被主任卖来卖去采取不抵抗主义最终被害身亡和勇敢不屈的乔治与妻子伊丽沙不堪被命运辱没与白人作斗争逃到加拿大获得自由的'路程。

《汤姆叔叔的小屋》讲述了当时奴隶制度的悲惨生活，刻画了许多让人难以忘怀的人物。心地善良，笃信上帝的汤姆是最重要的一个。他宁肯牺牲自己也不出卖他人，是个殉道者般的英雄人物。此外，聪明好学、有勇有谋的奴隶乔治，活泼野性，自尊爱人的小姑娘托普西，敢做敢为，性格刚烈的凯茜等众多形象，也多被塑造得栩栩如生。

前些日子，我拜读了斯托夫人的成名之作《汤姆叔叔的小屋》，汤姆叔叔的小屋读后感贺静悦。为人正直、心地善良、笃信宗教的汤姆叔叔；有勇有谋、聪明好学的混血奴隶乔治；唯利是图、冷酷无情的奴隶贩子黑利・・・・・・其中，我还是想说说汤姆叔叔，他爱帮助人。

今天，我细细品味了一本经典名著――《汤姆叔叔的小屋》。看了这本书，让我记忆最深刻的人物有两个：一个是汤姆，他忠心耿耿，全身心维护主人利益。另一个是哈里，他和他的父母，历经艰险，最终成功地抵达加拿大。

今天，我读了一本书――《汤姆叔叔的小屋》，这本书讲述了一位美国黑人奴隶，在惨无人道的奴隶制的压迫下艰难生活，最终死去的故事。

在十九世纪末，美国盛行着一种毁灭性尊严的奴隶制度，这种制度是将非洲等落后的地区的黑人，强制押到新大陆，当作家畜式的买卖，遭受到买卖的黑奴就开始了他们一生被使唤不歇的奴隶生涯。《汤姆叔叔的小屋》一书叙述的正是发生的那期间的一个悲惨原故事。

汤姆叔叔的小屋》这本书是暑假里读过的书中我最喜欢的一本书。这本书讲的是一个叫汤姆的黑人奴隶，他很能干，在雇主家有一所圆木盖的小房子，一家人勤劳又幸福地生活着。汤姆叔叔的小屋》描写了黑奴汤姆叔叔一生为奴的悲惨遭遇。十九世纪末叶，美国盛行著一种毁灭人性尊严的奴隶制度。这种奴隶制度，势将非洲等落后地区的黑人，强制押解到新大陆，做家畜式的买卖。

这个故事中，令人感动的地方使人无法忘怀，让人感到悲伤的情节也不禁落泪，总而言之，这是一部悲情故事，故事中充满了许多温馨感人的情节！好了，不多说，我们就来看看有哪些令人感动、愉快、悲哀的故事吧！

《汤姆叔叔的小屋》是美国作家哈里特・比彻・斯托（斯托夫人）于1852年发表的一部反奴隶制小说。由于影响巨大，并被认为是刺激1850年代废奴主义兴起的一大原因。由于成书时间较早，书中没有明确提出废奴的问题，但是书中描写了大量南方奴隶主的暴行，令人敬佩的是书中还有大量关于人性、信仰、世界等问题的深刻思考，正是这个原因，使这本书区别于别的同类题材作品。

读了《汤姆叔叔的小屋》这个故事后，使我感到既愤怒又怜惜。我从汤姆叔叔身上看到了善良诚实、稳重宽容、虔诚博爱、勇敢正直。汤姆叔叔那忠诚、正义、勇敢、冒着生命危险救人的品质值得我学习，汤姆叔叔的隐忍和博爱的精神值得我学习。

我一天看完了《汤姆叔叔的小屋》这本书，这本书是美国女作家斯托夫人写的。

这本书主要讲了美国的黑人奴隶悲惨的命运，他们没有人身自由，听奴隶主使唤，为奴隶主干活，而且可以让奴隶主卖来卖去，过着最低等的生活。

汤姆叔叔是博爱的化生，能接受现实中的一切，他爱自己，更爱他人，包括自己的敌人，他的博爱感化了身边很多人，但感动不了所有人，这也许就是现实和理想的差距吧。

林肯总统对这本书的评价是这样的：《汤姆叔叔的小屋》直接导制了南北战争。虽然有些夸张，但并非虚言。读完了这本书，我十分受汤姆叔叔的行为感动，因为他也是一个黑奴，他能帮其他黑奴逃跑，自己却不跑，因为他知道只要他逃跑了，那么其他黑奴就会遭到鞭打，他宁愿自己被挨打，也不愿意其他黑奴受打，他的这种行为令我感动。使我明白了做事要敢做敢当的道理。

汤姆叔叔的小屋英文读后感 篇8

These days I've just finished the novel Uncle Tom's Cabin that left a really deep impression on me and we can see。

It is a book written in 1852 in response to the passage of the Fugitive Slave Law， Uncle Tom's Cabin has been considered as the most influential anti-slavery novel in that period and described by Stowe herself as a “series of sketches” describing the human cruelty of slavery， opens with a description of Arthur Shelby's Kentucky plantation during the antebellum period。

There are several impressive characters in this novel， George who is clever and brave;Harry， a beautiful and talented child who sings dances and mimes;Mrs。 Shelby， a very religious woman;Sambo and Qimbo and so on。 The major character Uncle Tom who was the most impressive in this novel was a devout Christian。 He endured the miserable fate bravely and aroused the white's sympathy for slaves with his Christ's sacrifice and the tolerance of returning good for evil。 This novel focuses on the distinctive personalities of Uncle Tom deeply influenced by Christianity and the important role Uncle Tom's Cabin playing on abolition; and the Significance of “Uncle Tom” to the harmonious world's development， and the effect on modern people。

In the book， at the beginning， the author presents us a very beautiful image of a rather harmonious family who live a happy life。 However， that beautiful image couldn't last long， the darkness came soon。 The master of this happy family， Uncle Tom was arranged into a difficult situation。 As Shelby(liuxue86。)， the not cruel master， he has incurred serious debts- prompting him sell some slaves to avoid financial ruin， so Uncle Tom， Shelby's loyal servant since childhood was sold to Mr。

Haley， the slave trader。 Uncle Tom remained loyal to his master， despite his betrayal and the risk of death at the cruel hands of a new master。 The slaves at the plantation were very mournful， but Tom remained placid and tried to read his Bible for fort。 On the steamboat to New Orleans， where Tom was to be sold， Tom befriended an angelic little girl， “Little Eva” St。 Clare。 Uncle Tom saved the five-year-old beauty from drowning， and she convinced her father to buy Tom for her own family。 In her family， Tom enjoyed his life because of the girl's love; Tom's contentment does not last， however， because Eva soon falls ill。 Dying， Eva asked Mr。 St。 Clare to free Tom after her death。 But Mr。 St。 Clare is so sad by her death that he never legally freed Tom before he himself was killed trying to mediate a barroom scuffle。 Mrs。 St。 Clare sold the slaves to settle her husband's debts and Tom was sold to Simon Legree who was so violent that beat his slaves brutally。 At last， when Mr。 Shelb

y， finally found Uncle Tom， he was almost died。 After Tom was dead and buried， Shelby went back and freed his slaves。

As we all can see that Uncle Tom's Cabin was an anti-slavery novel and it was even considered as one factor that caused the Civil War。 In the novel， the slaves were sold from one place to another frequently， and their fate was tragic， with no exception- just like Uncle Tom， no matter he was under the control of kind masters or evil masters， he can't escape the misfortune of being sold from one master to another。 We can't see any human right of them， so terrible。

As someone said， with more people realizing the inhumanity of slavery in the 19th century， slavery became one of the most important issues and it became more violent year by year in American society。 However， slavery was not abolished irrevocably until ratification of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution in 1865， following the Civil War。 After the passage of Fugitive Slave Act of 1850， Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote this novel Uncle Tom's Cabin which publicized the evil of slavery to a wide audience。

Now we are in the 21st century， we may never e across such kind of thing。 However， this book can always remind of us that there ever has existed this evil and we can't let it happen again。 And “equality” 、“human right ” can't just be a slogan， we should make it e true really and always。

汤姆叔叔的小屋读后感英文 篇9

汤姆叔叔的小屋读后感英文

Joy depicts the crisis of faith that overcomes Rabbi Banish of Komarov, who, having buried his four sons and two daughters. Only through the mercy of the God he has denied, manifest in a radiant vision of the dead Rebecca, his beloved youngest daughter, is the rabbi’s belief restored. The sense of wonder and the touch of heavenly joy that linger after the vision dissolves convince Rabbi Banish of the folly of judging God’s actions by human standards. The rabbi has interpreted the apparent tragedy of his children’s premature deaths as evidence of God’s alienation, forgetting that God is by definition inscrutable. That God’s purpose transcends man’s ability to comprehend it is made clear to the expiring rabbi when the family dead approach his deathbed with arms outstretched to enfold him among them. For theirs is the kingdom of heaven to which a loving God has called them; and their deaths have evidenced not God’s wrath but his grace.

A version of Rabbi Banish’s deathbed revelation appears to Rabbi Nechemia in Something Is There. At twenty-seven he is already racked by the doubts that torment Rabbi Banish. So shaken is his belief in God that he deserts his rabbinical post in provincial Bechev for the flesh-posts of Warsaw. Although the prostitutes, unclean food, and shady business dealings which he witnesses there hold no attraction for the erstwhile rabbi, they intensify his revulsion from the world created by God and therefore his alienation from God himself. Unlike Rabbi Bainish, whose intimations of immortality and consequent rededication to God precede his radiant deathbed vision, Rabbi Nechemia cannot allay his doubts until the very moment of death, when a light he never knew was there flickered in hid brain. While his dying words―something is there―resolve his crisis of faith, they come too late to affect the spiritual renewal attained by Rabbi Banish. No explicit promise of immortality, let along of salvation, attends Rabbi Nechemia’s vision. Perhaps grace is accorded Rabbi Banish because his doubt is triggered by devastating personal losses, and withheld from Rabbi Nechemia because his despair is the bitter fruit of idle speculation about the unknown. Whatever the reason, relatively few of Singer’s characters are granted at the moment of death the transcendent vision of unity between man and God that appears to Rabbi Banish in Joy. For the fortunate few, release from time into eternity is affected by a divine visitation which obliterates distinctions between past and present, living and dead.

These kinds of characters are lost in their world because of the seducement of the material world. They doubt their formal faith and gradually give up what they believed. But after they have experienced so much hardship, they realize that they cannot adapt to the life of the outer world so they regress to the former life with formal faith. They realize the importance of God and they begin to think seriously about the relationship between man and God. At last they find their right way of their life.