因为苦难和创伤的存在,人类的生命才更加精彩,对创伤进行救治是人类进步的标志。经历了个体创伤、民族创伤和文化创伤的考琳·麦卡洛通过小说创作对苦难、创伤及其救治问题进行了探究。她认为,在苦难面前保持沉默,其结果必然是虚无。她对人类坚韧的原始生命力持赞许态度,强调了人类不可遏制的荆棘鸟式寻求精神对创伤的救治意义。 Because of suffering and trauma, human life is even more exciting. The treatment of trauma is a sign of human progress. Calin McCullough, who has experienced individual trauma, national trauma and cultural trauma, explores suffering, trauma and its treatment through novel creation. She believes that silence in the face of suffering, the result must be nothingness. She praised the primitive vitality of human beings and emphasized the meaning of the thorny bird seeking spirit that can not be stopped by humans to the trauma.