Well, it's a God symbol. It's even got that typical children's book iconography of the curls and the white beard. Okay.

这象征着上帝，它甚至与典型的儿童,插图中的卷曲状和白色胡须状一模一样，好了。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

So this is like your children's book representation of the Christian God, and there it is as a blinding white cloud. You wouldn't even need the curls and the beard if you just had the blinding and the white.

这就像你们儿童书里上帝的代表，它就像一朵亮白的云，你甚至不需要,卷曲状和胡须状的图像，即使你只看的，亮白。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选