| 中文摘要 | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-8页 |
| Introduction | 第8-14页 |
| Chapter One Similar Motivations and Different Social Backgrounds | 第14-25页 |
| ·On the Road: Questing for Self in the Traditional White Culture | 第14-19页 |
| ·Questing for Beatitude | 第15-17页 |
| ·Questing for Cultural Identity | 第17-19页 |
| ·Generation Ⅹ: Questing for Self in the "Accelerated Culture" | 第19-25页 |
| ·Questing for the Trueness of Self | 第20-23页 |
| ·Questing for Harmony between Mankind and Nature | 第23-25页 |
| Chapter Two Similar Routes and Different "Questers" | 第25-36页 |
| ·"Questers": Roles in the Quest | 第25-31页 |
| ·On the Road: Epicureans of Life | 第26-29页 |
| ·Generation Ⅹ: Creators of Life | 第29-31页 |
| ·Women "Questers": Roles in the relationship with Men | 第31-36页 |
| ·On the Road: the "Other" of Men | 第31-33页 |
| ·Generation Ⅹ: Comrades of Men | 第33-36页 |
| Chapter Three Similar Fate and Different Ends | 第36-47页 |
| ·Failure of the Quest | 第36-40页 |
| ·On the Road: Return to the White Culture | 第37-39页 |
| ·Generation Ⅹ: Going to Mexico | 第39-40页 |
| ·Reasons for Different Ends | 第40-47页 |
| ·On the Road: Attachment to the Traditional Middle-class Value | 第41-43页 |
| ·Generation Ⅹ: Increasing Disillusionment with the American Dream | 第43-47页 |
| Conclusion | 第47-50页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第50-51页 |
| Bibliography | 第51-52页 |
