凯瑟琳·安·波特是美国著名南方女作家。她以为数不多的中、短篇小说和一部长篇蜚声美国文坛。她的短篇小说“斜塔”以一次世界大战之后、纳粹主义兴起之前的德国为背景,谴责了战争的罪恶,审视了人类的弱点和趋恶性,表达了作者对人类处境与命运的关注。本文从波特精湛的写作手法入手,从小说伦理学的角度对《斜塔》的主题进行分析。 Catherine Ann Potter is a famous American Southern writer. She is one of the few middle and short stories and a long-time American literary world. Her short story “Leaning Tower”, which took place in Germany before World War I and before the rise of Nazism, condemned the evil of war, examined human weaknesses and viciousness, and expressed the author’s concern about the situation and destiny of mankind. This article begins with Porter’s superb writing techniques and analyzes the theme of “Leaning Tower” from the perspective of novel ethics.