欧茨在《大瀑布》中反思人与自然的关系,人与人的关系,人和自身的关系,并通过人物塑造有意识地融入了她的生态女性主义思想,批判人类中心主义思想,揭露人压迫自然与父权社会的性别压迫、阶级压迫之间的关系,表达了她对和谐社会的憧憬:自然和人类和睦相处,在平等、关爱的基础上建立和谐的人际关系(包括性别关系、阶级关系等)以及个体发现自我、接纳自我,从而是实现相对意义上的“生态和谐、人态和谐和心态和谐”的理想。 Oates reflects on the relationship between man and nature, between man and nature, between man and himself in “Great Falls,” and consciously integrates her ecofeminist thinking through characterization, criticizes anthropocentrism and exposes people The relationship between oppression of nature and patriarchal society’s gender oppression and class oppression expresses her vision of a harmonious society: to live in harmony with mankind and to establish harmonious interpersonal relationships based on equality and care (including gender relations, class Relationship, etc.) as well as the individual’s self-discovery and self-acceptance, thus realizing the ideal of “ecological harmony, human harmony and harmonious psychology” in relative sense.