赫斯顿的《他们仰望上苍》是美国非裔女性文学作品中的经典。文本中女主人公简妮.克洛福德的三次婚姻以及最终茶点之死引起不少学者的研究及争论。本文主要从女性成长小说的角度分析,从而得出结论:简妮在成长过程中不仅实现自我、发展自我,而且成了一名女性主义英雄。 Heston’s “They Look Upward to God” is a classic in African American women’s literature. The text of the heroine Jenny Cloverford’s three marriages and the death of the final refreshment caused many scholars to study and debate. This article mainly analyzes from the angle of female growth novels, and draws a conclusion: Jane Niu is not only self-realization, self-development, but also become a feminist hero.