《灰蒙蒙的天》(The Sky is Gray)是美国著名非裔作家欧内斯特·盖恩斯的一篇短篇故事。故事主人公一位黑人小男孩詹姆斯在母亲的陪同下去镇上拔牙,并在这次历经困顿的过程中获得了心理和精神上的成长。本文将从精神分析理论来解读故事中所蕴含的深刻含义,指出作者创作小说时的潜意识思想,并根据小说的时代背景分析小说中的精神分析原理与故事主题的关系。 The Sky is Gray is a short story by Ernest Gaines, the famous African American writer. Story hero A black boy, James, accompanied by his mother went to the town of tooth extraction, and in the process of this after the storm has gained psychological and spiritual growth. This article will interpret the profound implication of the story from the psychoanalytic theory, point out the subconscious mind of the author in the creation of the novel, and analyze the relationship between the psychoanalytic principle and the story theme in the novel based on the background of the novel.