| Acknowledgements | 第4-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-9页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第9-19页 |
| 1.1 A Brief Introduction to Richard Wright and Native Son | 第9-11页 |
| 1.1.1 Wright's Concerns for African-American People and Culture | 第9-10页 |
| 1.1.2 The Influence of the Historical Epoch | 第10-11页 |
| 1.1.3 Wright's Sharp Observation | 第11页 |
| 1.2 Literature Review | 第11-16页 |
| 1.3 Originality of the Thesis | 第16页 |
| 1.4 Framework of the Thesis | 第16-19页 |
| Chapter Two The Positive Side of the White Culture | 第19-27页 |
| 2.1 Unity of All Classes within the White Community | 第19-21页 |
| 2.2 Healthy and Harmonious Relationships between Family Members | 第21-22页 |
| 2.3 Sympathy for the African Americans | 第22-27页 |
| Chapter Three The Flaws of the African-American Culture | 第27-39页 |
| 3.1 The Disruption and Division in the African-American World | 第27-34页 |
| 3.1.1 Broken Relationships between Family Members | 第27-29页 |
| 3.1.2 Distorted Friendships | 第29-31页 |
| 3.1.3 Deformed Relationships between Lovers | 第31-33页 |
| 3.1.4 The Disappearance of Morality and Ethics | 第33-34页 |
| 3.2 Inability to Deal with Reality | 第34-39页 |
| 3.2.1 Violence | 第34-36页 |
| 3.2.2 Avoidance--Religion,Alcohol and Sex | 第36-39页 |
| Chapter Four Causes for the African-American Cultural Flaws | 第39-45页 |
| 4.1 The Debilitating Mentalities of the African Americans Themselves | 第39-40页 |
| 4.2 Failed Communication between the White and the African Americans | 第40-42页 |
| 4.3 Deprivation of Higher Education | 第42-43页 |
| 4.4 Bombardment of Mass Culture | 第43-45页 |
| Chapter Five Possible Ways of Transcendence | 第45-54页 |
| 5.1 Better Understanding of the African Americans on the Part of the White | 第45-49页 |
| 5.1.1 Overcoming the Established Prejudice against the African Americans | 第45-48页 |
| 5.1.2 Emancipation of the African-American Economic Bondage | 第48-49页 |
| 5.2 The African Americans' Overcoming Their Own Weaknesses | 第49-54页 |
| 5.2.1 Reconstruction of Their Self-identity | 第49-51页 |
| 5.2.2 The Solidarity of the African-American Group | 第51-54页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第54-56页 |
| Referenoes | 第56-60页 |
| Publications | 第60页 |
