手是阿特伍德的长篇小说《肉体伤害》的主要意象之一。女主人公雷妮从逃避用手到在监狱的极端情况下主动用手拯救室友,说明了她由逃避现实向回归自我的转变。小说“手”作为女性之间同质传承的象征,说明了阿特伍德在七八十年代对于女性自我认识与成长的关注,也从一个侧面证明了第二次西方第二次女性主义思潮对她的创作的影响。 Hand is one of the main images of Atwood’s novel “Physical Injury.” The actress Estee Rennes, who escaped from her hand to rescue her roommate in the extreme in prison, explains her transformation from escaping reality to returning to self. The novel “Hand ” as a symbol of the homogeneity inheritance among women illustrates the concern of Atwood in the seventies and eighties for the self-awareness and growth of women. It also proves that the second western feminist The Impact of Thought on Her Creation.