《纸球》来自舍伍德·安德森的小说集《小城畸人》,内容短小精悍,字里行间悬疑不断,篇中出现人物可谓温斯堡城人物群像的突出展现。从小城日常琐碎的生活中会发现所谓“畸人”亦为凡人。本文侧重文本细读,从物体意象和人物行为入手,剖析《纸球》中浓厚的象征意蕴并揭示全书一以贯之的浓厚存在主义色彩。 “Paper Ball” comes from Sherwood Anderson’s collection of novel “Tortoise”, with short content and suspensefulness in the lines. From the daily trivial life in the town will find the so-called “abnormal people ” is also a mortal. This article focuses on text reading, starting from the object image and character behavior, analyzing the strong symbolic meaning in “Paper Ball” and revealing the consistency of the existentialism.