| Abstract | 第1-9页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第9-12页 |
| Introduction | 第12-19页 |
| Chapter 1 Racial Discrimination and Its Aftermath | 第19-24页 |
| Chpater 2 Racial Discrimination as a Devastating Force in the Family | 第24-35页 |
| Ⅰ Indifferent Mother | 第25-31页 |
| Ⅱ The Father as the Victim and Victimizer of the Racial Discrimination | 第31-35页 |
| Chapter 3 Racial Discrimination in the Black Community | 第35-52页 |
| Ⅰ Background Information about the Black Community | 第36-38页 |
| Ⅱ Racial Prejudice from the White | 第38-41页 |
| Ⅲ Inner Racial Conflicts within the Community | 第41-47页 |
| Ⅳ The Loss of the Black Culture under the Racial Discrimination | 第47-52页 |
| Chapter 4 The Rejection of the White Racist Norm | 第52-59页 |
| Ⅰ Claudia: the Rebel against the White Norm | 第52-56页 |
| Ⅱ The Three Whores: the Irony of the White Norm | 第56-59页 |
| Chapter 5 The Artistic Features of the novel | 第59-75页 |
| Ⅰ The Use of the Primer | 第60-65页 |
| Ⅱ The Narrative | 第65-68页 |
| Ⅲ The Structrue of the Novel | 第68-70页 |
| Ⅳ Naming in the Novel | 第70-72页 |
| Ⅴ Metaphor | 第72-75页 |
| Conclusion | 第75-78页 |
| Notes | 第78-82页 |
| Bibliography | 第82-85页 |
