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The purpose of this paper is to study the aesthetic world of love and accommodation represented in Saul Bellow's Herzog, and to gain a deeper understanding of his vision for man. Moses Herzog in Herzog suddenly faces a crisis in his family; divorce from his second wife, Madeleine. Following the crisis, he discovers his life is disorderly and disharmonious. Until now he has lived only pursuing an ideal world remote from actual reality, so he has failed to live in reality. Herzog, therefore, tries to solve his problems via self-examination, by taking a mental journey. Having reexamined his present and the past life, Herzog finally changes himself into a realistic character, and begins to love his family and other people. Through suffering and mental anguish, Herzog reaches a vision of love and accommodation, which restores his love for his family, brotherhood and society. He starts from selfhood toward brotherhood, and then to community. Bellow is always interested in problems such as how individuals live in this absurd world, how they maintain their dignity, and how they come to terms with feelings of alienation. Therefore, his heroes come to spiritual maturity as a result of overcoming hardships. Bellow in this novel, Herzog, successfully shows that Herzog, the protagonist, escapes his trying situations and achieves spiritual maturity. Finally, this novel represents Bellow's beautiful world of love and accommodation through Herzog's mental journey.