《八月之光》的存在主义解读

《八月之光》讲述了一个种族主义压抑人性的悲惨故事。主人公乔作为一个身体里流淌着黑人血统的混血儿，却身处在白人之上的国度里，必然遭受到白人的排斥，经历与他人隔离的荒诞感：他体内潜在的黑人血统正是他毕生想要摆脱和感到羞愧的根源，而他对白人的生活充满了既爱又恨的复杂情结，他矛盾的内心体现出．他深受种族主义异化的影响。直到死亡临近的时候，乔终于明白他生命的无意义和荒诞，于是他淡然地面对了死亡。存在主义的重要概念诸如荒诞、异化、死亡在乔的一生中得到具体地展现。

Light in August narrates a tragic story about oppression on humanity imposed by racism. The role called Joe Christmas, who is a hybrid with black bodyhne, unfortunately lives in a country where the White occupies dominant stature; therefore he is bound to suffer discrimination from the White and experience absurd sense of segregation. The latent black line is the origin that he wants to escape and feels ashamed, on contrary; he ha complicated sensation toward life of the White. Dilemma faces by him shows that he is influenced by dissimilation of racism. Joe does not understand the nonsense and absurdity of life until he is threatened by death. At last he confronts death in peace. Some important concepts in Existentialism such as absurdity, dissimilation and death have been illustrated in Joe＇s life time.