《捡橡果的孩子》是19世纪英国乡村小说家理查德·杰弗里斯的经典短篇小说,故事通过一个失去妈妈的非婚子男孩的生死悲剧揭示了世间的残忍与麻木。本文通过分析其中与主题密切相关的四个角色:乌鸦、男孩、老妇、旁白及其交互关系,剖析了作者所要传达的主题思想。 The Kid Pickling Acorn is a classic short story by nineteenth-century English rural novelist Richard Jeffreys, revealing the brutality and numbness of the world through the tragic death of a wedlock boy who lost his mother. By analyzing the four characters that are closely related to the theme, such as ravens, boys, elders, narration and their interaction, this article analyzes the main ideas that the authors want to convey.