This is
one of the most humorous stories I have ever read. Despite the grave title, “The
Conversion of the Jews,” the novel often makes the readers laugh. The most
dramatic and humorous part is the scene where Ozzie orders Rabbi, his mother,
and the people down below to say, “God can make a child without intercourse.”
This is the moment of conversion from Judaism to Christianity. Roth keeps the
readers in suspense in the early pages of the novel: whether Ozzie will come
down to the ground safely or not. This is a good technique to drive the reader
into a corner. The last scene is effective. It gives the reader a relief. Ozzie
says, “Now I can come down… And he did into the center of the yellow net that
glowed in the evening’s edge like an overgrown halo.
2015年1月15日木曜日
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