如今,“边缘人”这一现象已得到越来越多人的重视,这一点在跨文化文学作品中反映较为集中,《潜水鸟》就极具代表性。实际上,《潜水鸟》中女主人公皮盖特的成长历程中所要求的自身角色的转换的迫切需求可以从马斯洛的层次需要理论得以论证。物质匮乏、依恋失败和文化冲突三个方面是造成“文化边缘人”的社会及心理因素。 Nowadays, the phenomenon of “marginal man” has drawn more and more attention. This point is reflected in the intercultural literary works. The “diving bird” is very representative. In fact, the desperate need for the transition of one’s own role as claimed by the growing up of the heroine, Pigeon in The Diving Bird, can be justified from Maslow’s hierarchy of need theory. Material deprivation, attachment failure and cultural conflicts are the social and psychological factors that cause “cultural marginal people ”.