| Acknowledgements | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-8页 |
| 1. Introduction | 第10-19页 |
| 1.1 Ha Jin and his literary career | 第10-14页 |
| 1.2 literature review | 第14-17页 |
| 1.3 The focus and structure of this thesis | 第17-19页 |
| 2. Dialogues Among Characters | 第19-31页 |
| 2.1 Wang Yong: the advocate of Three Principles of the People | 第20-23页 |
| 2.2 Pei Shan: the loyal adherent of Communism | 第23-25页 |
| 2.3 Yu Yuan: the struggler as a non-party personage | 第25-31页 |
| 3. Dialogues Within the Protagonist | 第31-41页 |
| 3.1 Summons of the nation | 第32-34页 |
| 3.2 Call of the family | 第34-37页 |
| 3.3 Yearning for freedom | 第37-41页 |
| 4. Dialogues Between Ha Jin and the Characters | 第41-53页 |
| 4.1 Counterpoints on the choice of camps | 第42-46页 |
| 4.2 Counterpoints on the choice of cultures | 第46-48页 |
| 4.3 Counterpoints on the choice of ethical values | 第48-53页 |
| Conclusion | 第53-56页 |
| Bibliography | 第56-59页 |
