《人鼠之间》是讲一对好朋友之间在美国加州农场发生的故事。他们有一个梦想就是拥有自己的农场。眼看着梦想就要成真,因为兰尼的过失,梦想破灭了。故事是一个悲剧,但实在悲剧中又夹杂着温暖。读后使人不免心生同情。这是一部既具有讽刺意义的小说,也是一部描写梦想破灭的悲剧小说。本文将从象征和讽刺两个角度分析小说《人鼠之间》的悲剧意义。 “Between humans and mice” is a story of a pair of good friends that happened on a California farm in California. They have a dream is to have their own farm. Seeing dreams come true, because of Lenny’s fault, dreams shattered. The story is a tragedy, but it is actually mixed with warmth in the tragedy. After reading people can not help but sympathy. This is a novel that is both satirical and a tragic novel depicting a shattered dream. This article will analyze the tragic significance of the novel “between human and mouse” from the two angles of symbol and irony.