在人类的历史上，两性之间结合的诸多神话大都说明了爱情的过程是一半寻找另一半的过程．两性之间的关系应当建立在肉体和精神的和谐基础之上。然而．在当代美国社会，性关系上的混乱达到了惊人的程度。贝娄不仅揭示了性方面的混乱这一异化现象，而且还企图以“面对死亡”来匡正两性之间关系混乱的问题。 In the history of mankind, many myths that combine the two sexes show that the process of love is half the process of finding the other half. The relationship between the sexes should be based on the harmony of the body and the spirit. however. In contemporary American society, the chaos on sexual relations has reached alarming proportions. Bellow not only uncovered the alienation of sexual confusion, but also attempted to correct the problem of confusion between the two sexes by “facing death.”