| Introduction | 第1-14页 |
| Chapter One Durée | 第14-19页 |
| Chapter Two An Impetus to Christmas' Tragedy: Reliving the Past | 第19-33页 |
| ·To Maintain the Past Self-identification as a White: Past's Intrusion into Present | 第19-24页 |
| ·Reliving the Past: A Challenge to the Irreversible Duree | 第24-33页 |
| Chapter Three Hightower's Salvation: The Self-replacement in the Durée Dimension | 第33-46页 |
| ·A Lost Dreamer: Past Prevailing | 第33-38页 |
| ·A Full Being: Living in Present Actuality | 第38-46页 |
| Chapter Four Lena's Creation Journey: A Balanced Durée | 第46-55页 |
| ·Letting Past Pass but Never Vanish | 第46-51页 |
| ·A Journey Forward | 第51-55页 |
| Conclusion | 第55-59页 |
| Bibliography | 第59-62页 |