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- PAGE 21 - The Cry of the Marginalized People in Multiculturalism —The Analysis of The Loons and Its Deeper Cultural Connotation Abstract Canada is a country based on multiculturalism, in which the white dominate the mainstream culture, while the aboriginal culture is in the condition of marginalization. In The Loons, Margaret Laurence describes a marginalized minority girl--Piquette’s short but miserable life, who keeps struggling to blend into the mainstream society, but finally ends herself with hopelessness. Laurence also describes the tragic ending of the loons under the development of human civilization, along with Piquette’s whole life. This paper is composed of four parts. In the introduction, the author introduces the cultural and historical background in the writing of The Loons, the course of Laurence’s literary creation, and the main content of The Loons. In the second part, the author shows Piquette’s complicated characters, and the two important figures of speech in the story--symbolism and pun, which make The Loons short but with great power. In the third part, the author reveals two deeper cultural connotations in The Loons: one is post-colonial feminism, which appeals for people to fight for the rights and interests of women in the Third World; the other is Laurence’s ecological view. She expresses great concern about the ecological problems, appealing to the protection of the ecological environment. In the conclusion, the author summarizes the main content of the paper with three words: high artistic quality, sociality, and ideological content. Key Words: Multiculturalism; Marginalization; Artistic features; Post-colonial feminism; Ecological environment 多元文化下边缘人的呐喊 ——解析《潜鸟》及其深层文化内涵 摘 要 加拿大是个有着多元文化的国家，其中白人占据着主流文化，土著文化处于边缘化状态。在《潜鸟》中，玛格丽特?劳伦斯描述了一个被边缘化了的少数民族女孩--皮格特短暂而悲惨的一生。她为融入主流社会而不断的奋斗与抗争，却最终带着绝望结束了自己的生命。劳伦斯还将潜鸟在人类文明的不断发展中走向灭亡的悲惨经历穿插在对皮格特一生的描述当中。该论文主要由四部分组成，在第一部分的简介中，作者介绍了《潜鸟》写作时的历史文化背景，劳伦斯文学创作的变化，及《潜鸟》的主要内容。在第二部分中，作者呈现了劳伦斯所塑造的皮格