梅勒在《我们为什么在越南》中通过展现动物在人类枪下的悲惨遭遇,以内涵丰富的动物符号,批判了人类对自然生命的猎杀,反思了西方传统观念和人类中心主义思想,并呼吁人类尊重动物他者、建立与其和谐共生的伦理关系。 Mailer criticized the hunting and killing of human beings by reflecting the tragic experience of animals under the gun of human being under the theme of “Why We Are in Vietnam”, criticizing human beings’ hunting of natural life with rich connotation of animal symbols, and rethought the ideas of Western traditional concepts and anthropocentrism Calls for human respect for the other animals, the establishment of the ethical relationship with its harmonious coexistence.