澳大利亚作家蒂姆·温顿以对平凡小人物的描绘和自然平实风格见长。蒂姆·温顿的短篇小说之一《邻居们》讲述了一对新婚夫妇在搬入一个移民聚居的街区后,对邻居的态度的转变过程。本文旨在分析蒂姆·温顿通过对两种写作手法的纯熟使用,即随意的笔调和悖论,深刻地揭示故事的主旨——人性的善在多种族、多文化的社会中的基础作用。 Tim Winton, an Australian writer, grew up with a portrayal of ordinary little people and a natural, flat style. One of Tim Winton’s short stories, Neighbors, tells the story of how a newlywed couple moved to a neighbor as he moved into an immigrant neighborhood. The purpose of this article is to analyze Tim Winton’s profound use of the two types of writing techniques, the random style of writing and the paradox, to reveal profoundly the thrust of the story - the fundamental role of human nature in a multiracial, multicultural society .