| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-10页 |
| Abbreviations | 第10-12页 |
| Introduction | 第12-20页 |
| Chapter One The Aborted Attempt of Seeking Salvation | 第20-33页 |
| ·Seeking Salvation by Making Changes in Life | 第21-25页 |
| ·Seeking Salvation as Emasculated Males | 第25-28页 |
| ·Seeking Salvation as Submissive Females | 第28-33页 |
| Chapter Two Courageous Cowardice | 第33-43页 |
| ·Tolerance of Life’s Mediocrity | 第34-37页 |
| ·Forbearance of Powerless Manhood | 第37-38页 |
| ·Submission of the Suffered Females | 第38-43页 |
| Chapter Three Fellow-feeling in Carver’s Stories | 第43-51页 |
| ·Fellow-feeling as a Bond in Marriage | 第44-45页 |
| ·Fellow-feeling as Solace for the Fellow Sufferers | 第45-47页 |
| ·Fellow-feeling as an Identification with Others | 第47-51页 |
| Conclusion | 第51-53页 |
| Bibliography | 第53-58页 |
