品彻·马丁 (戈尔丁文集)

在第二次世界大战期间,英国海军护航舰队上一个叫克里斯托弗·哈德莱·马丁的低级军官因军舰被鱼雷击中,被海浪冲到大洋中的一块礁石上,为求生存独自在恶劣的环境中拼死搏斗,终究死去的故事。可是直到故事接近尾声,作者方才以一种出人意料的方式向读者揭示:马丁在礁石上备受折磨的过程,实际上只是一个罪恶的灵魂在炼狱中所经受的重重磨难。作者想借此警示人类,如果执着于自己的贪欲和罪恶,终将堕入地狱,万劫不复;而唯有毁弃贪欲的人性,灵魂才有望经过炼狱的洗礼最终获救。(During the Second World War, Christopher Hadley Martin, a junior officer of the convoy fleet of British Navy, was pushed to a rock in the ocean by the waves after the warship was torpedoed. He struggled alone in the harsh environment to survive. However, he finally died. However, the author didn't reveal the truth to reader by an unexpected method until the end of the story: in fact, the process that Martin was tortured on the rock is only numerous hardships that an evil soul experiences in purgatory. The author wants to take the opportunity to warn people that they will eventually fall into hell beyond redemption if they cling to their own greed and evil; however, only by destroying the human nature of greed can souls eventually be rescued through the baptism of the purgatory.)