The study shows that Hemingway endowed the novelette with a deeper and more abstract theme than what the critics have generally interpreted.

• 本文认为,海明威赋予这部小说的主题意义远比目前评论界所挖掘的更为深刻与抽象,即这部作品中包含着一种人与自然相互依存、对立统一的思想。