薇拉·凯瑟受自身生长环境和当时社会文化思潮的影响在作品中反映印第安文化是必然选择。随着作者对于印第安文化的认识逐渐深入,她作品中所描述的印第安人物形象日渐饱满,文化特征愈加鲜明。在此过程中,作者突出了印第安文化中朴素的生态观,将印第安部落群体塑造为理想化的社群,试图将其作为解决社会问题的方法。凯瑟对印第安文化的片面描写使之成为一种文化表征。 Influenced by her own growing environment and the social and cultural currents at that time, Vera Cather reflected that Indian culture is an inevitable choice in his works. As the author gradually deepens his understanding of Indian culture, the image of Indian people described in her works is becoming more and more full and the cultural features become more vivid. In this process, the author highlights the naive ecological outlook of Indian culture, shaping the Indian tribal community as an idealized community, attempting to use it as a solution to social problems. Cather’s one-sided description of Indian culture makes it a cultural representation.