隐藏在神秘的闪闪发光的物体老人的衣服象征着超越的歧义和不确定性的感觉叙述者。Although the narrator spots this shining object as he follows the old man, this detail itself doesn’t actually help him answer any of his questions about the man—rather, this clue only serves to heighten the narrator’s curiosity, as he guesses that the object is either a diamond or a dagger. This raises more questions, none of which are answered by the end of the story. If it’s a dagger, the old man might be dangerous. If it’s a diamond, he might be a thief. And, of course, it’s possible that the glinting object is something else entirely. Similar to the old man’s strange facial expressions, then, the object he’s carrying represents a fascinating but unknowable secret. The narrator assumes he can deduce facts about it through observation, but he never finds out what it is, suggesting that sometimes it’s nearly impossible to arrive at accurate conclusions about strangers, all of whom have their own hidden lives. To that end, the reader—and the narrator himself—never gets to see what, exactly, the object is. Instead, the story simply highlights the way this object makes the narrator’s mind run wild with possibilities. In turn, the object itself comes to represent the unfathomable mysteries lurking in the lives of strangers and, moreover, the human tendency to become fascinated with the other people’s secrets.
这人群中的人下面的引号是指钻石或匕首的符号。对于每个报价,您还可以看到与之相关的其他字符和主题(每个主题都由其自己的点和图标表示,如下:
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得到整个人群中的人利查特(Litchart)作为可打印的PDF。
下面的时间表显示了钻石或匕首出现在哪里人群中的人。彩色点和图标表示哪些主题与该外观相关联。
人群中的人
...叙述者的衣服认为他发现了一个闪闪发光的物体,他猜是匕首或钻石。这些观察结果只会使叙述者更渴望了解这个奇怪的人...(完整上下文)