《好人难寻》是美国著名南方女作家弗兰纳里·奥康纳的一部短篇小说。作者以镇静冷酷的口吻以及冷漠、讽刺的笔调为我们娓娓道来一个残酷、血腥的故事。本文以马丁的评价理论为指导,并结合叙事学的相关原理,探讨小说叙事的态度系统以及此态度系统对构建小说主题所起到的重要作用。研究表明正是态度系统奠定了小说冷漠、残酷的基调,并使小说暴力、死亡、救赎的主题得以成功构建。 “Good Man Hard to Find” is a short story written by the famous southern writer Flannery O’Connor. The author with a calm cold tone and indifference, ironic tone for us to tell a cruel, bloody story. Guided by Martin ’s theory of appraisal and combined with the relevant principles of narratology, this article explores the attitude system of fiction narration and the important role that this attitude system plays in the construction of the theme of fiction. The research shows that it is the attitude system that has laid the indifferent and cruel tone of novels, and successfully constructed the theme of violence, death and redemption.