Abstract:Feminism and indepedent personality is an often-written theme in American literature. The member of the wedding is supposed to be one of the representative works that reflects this theme. And other critics are focused on the usage of symbolism in the novel. But this thesis tries to analyze the novel from a brand new viewpoint ：the feeling of loss in modern society.After tracing the background of the author and the era she lived in, there will be an analysis of the “independent personality”in the novel by 3 steps ：Mcculers `s exeprience，the founding of characters in the novel, the description of feminism and loneliness. And the analyses of the characters, the images, the symbols and analysis will be the key for us to understand the theme of loss in the modern society.
Key words ：feminism; independent personality; the feel of loss; the images and the symbols
中文摘要:女性主义和个人独立是20世纪美国文学常关注的话题之一。《婚礼的成员》是一部诠释这一主题的作品。另外还有不少评论家关注小说中象征和超现实等手法的运用。本文则尝试从人们的迷失感幻灭感这一全新视角来分析这部小说。在了解作者以及相关背景资料后，本文将通过以下三步骤：作者个人成长经历、小说人物性格命运雕塑和最终的对女性与孤独主题的阐释进行一系列的探讨。其中对小说中主要人物，意象和分析是帮助我们更理解主题的关键。
关键词：女性主义 ; 个人独立 ; 迷失感 ; 孤独感 ; 心理意象
