Abstract: Catherine，the heroine in the novel A Farewell to Arms, is the most controversial female of Ernest Hemingway’s fictional characters. Different critics start from different points of view, and analyze the character in different ways, thereby they draw very different conclusions. This article summarizes Catherine’s changes both in physiology and psychology before and after the war. It also analyses the main reasons for the series of changes in Catherine. Thereby the article draws the conclusion that the war is the source of every tragedy and Catherine is the victim of the war, which provides a new understanding of Catherine’s image from different perspective.

Key words: A Farewell to Arms, Catherine, War, Victim

摘要：小说《永别了，武器》中的女主角凯瑟琳是海明威创作的众多人物中引发争论最多的一位女性，不同的评论家从不同的视角出发，对其进行了解读，从而得出了不同的结论。本文总结了女主人公在战争前后生理上和心理上的变化，同时分析了造成这一系列变化的主要原因。从而得出凯瑟琳是战争的牺牲品这一结论，使人们对女主人公凯瑟琳的形象从不同的角度有了重新的认识。

关键词：《永别了，武器》，凯瑟琳，战争，牺牲品