孙绍振教授将欧·亨利的《最后的长春藤叶》这部短篇小说的主题解读为“精神超越死亡”“信念决定生命”“歌颂为了他人的生命作出最大的自我牺牲的一种精神”。笔者查阅了许多材料,发现这种解读是被读者普遍采信的。这种解读固然无误,但如果对一篇被他人解读得已经很充分的小说提出几个新问题,我们可能会挖掘出小说更深层的东西。读过此文之后,我给自己提出了三个问题:(1)为什么琼珊会想到死?(2)为什么作者让老贝尔曼死去?(3)为什么不选择另一群人,偏偏选择一群作画的艺术家?经过思考,我认 Professor Sun Shaozhen interpreted the theme of O. Henry’s “The Last Ivy League Leaf” short story as “Spirit beyond death”, “Faith determines life”, “Singing out one of the greatest self-sacrifices for the life of others Kind of spirit ”. The author consulted a lot of materials, found that this interpretation is generally accepted by readers. Although this interpretation is correct, we may dig deeper into the novel if we ask several new questions about a well-established novel that has been read by others. After reading this article, I asked myself three questions: (1) Why did Joan Sand think of death? (2) Why did the author let Old Behrman die? (3) Why not choose another group of people to choose a group of paintings After thinking, I think