CAJ | 학술논문

在短篇小说《他》中，凯瑟琳·安·波特成功地塑造了一个家境贫困、生育了一个智障儿子的母亲形象。而关于这一人物形象有不同的评论。通过分析这篇小说中智障儿子“他”的蕴意以及家庭中父亲角色的缺失来探讨母亲在生活中所面临的困境，从而得出结论，在这个小说中波特以现实生活为主题，展示了一个经济条件困窘的母亲由于生活所迫不能更好地照顾好智障的孩子时经历的内心的不安和挣扎，那种认为她既是善良仁爱又是自私冷酷的虐待智障儿子的母亲的评论，有失偏颇。
재단편소설《타》중，개슬림·안·파특성공지소조료일개가경빈곤、생육료일개지장인자적모친형상。이관우저일인물형상유불동적평론。통과분석저편소설중지장인자“타”적온의이급가정중부친각색적결실래탐토모친재생활중소면림적곤경，종이득출결론，재저개소설중파특이현실생활위주제，전시료일개경제조건곤군적모친유우생활소박불능경호지조고호지장적해자시경력적내심적불안화쟁찰，나충인위저기시선량인애우시자사랭혹적학대지장인자적모친적평론，유실편파。
Katherine Anne Porter creates an impressive mother in her short story He,and arouses great attention ever since the story is published. Some studies hold the view that the Mother in the story is cruel and selfish,who maltreats her mentally retarded son,but in this paper,the author will study the Mother by analyzing the character 〝He〝 and the absence of the father in the family. It concludes that Porter reveals the hardships and struggles of a mother while bringing up the mentally retarded son in poverty.