| 摘要 | 第4-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第7-9页 |
| Introduction | 第9-17页 |
| Chapter One Magic Plots to Demonstrate the Fear of Death | 第17-30页 |
| A. Magic Dreams as the Prophecy of Death | 第18-22页 |
| B. Exaggerated Violence and Death as the Reflection of Dangerous World | 第22-26页 |
| C. Absurd Imagination as the Representation of Garp’s Fear | 第26-30页 |
| Chapter Two Artistic Techniques to Strengthen the Fear of Death | 第30-46页 |
| A. The Under Toad and Wrestling Room: The Symbols of Dangers | 第31-36页 |
| B. Cancer and Impaired Speech: The Repetition of Death and Violence | 第36-40页 |
| C. Biblical Allusion: Garp’s Jesus Christ-Like Fate | 第40-46页 |
| Chapter Three the Reasons for the Fear of Death | 第46-61页 |
| A. The Brutalization of Wars | 第47-52页 |
| B. The Deterioration in Relationship between Man and Woman | 第52-56页 |
| C. The Negative Effect of Technology: Cancerous Television | 第56-61页 |
| Conclusion | 第61-63页 |
| Work Cited | 第63-64页 |
