人性是欧·亨利的作品中永恒的主题。人性中既有善的一面,也有恶的一面,而善恶总是并存的,没有绝对的善人也没有绝对的恶人。当人性中的善良的一面处于主导地位时,人们会将慷慨、好客、助人为乐与自我牺牲等美德发扬光大;而当人性中邪恶的一面占据上风时,人们往往会表现出贪婪、虚荣、傲慢、懒惰、怯懦与浮躁等人性弱点。人性的动机一直非常神秘,是值得探究的,当受到诱惑时,好人会做 Humanity is the eternal theme of the work of O. Henry. There are both good and evil aspects of human nature, and good and evil always coexist, there is no absolute good or absolute evil. When the good side of humanity is in the dominant position, people will carry forward such virtues as generosity, hospitality, helping others and self-sacrifice. When the evil side of human nature prevails, people tend to show greed, vanity, arrogance , Lazy, timid and impetuous and other human weaknesses. Human motives have always been very mysterious and worth exploring, and good people do when tempted