| 摘要 | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-8页 |
| Introduction | 第8-13页 |
| Chapter 1 Women as Sufferers of Social and Economic Force | 第13-23页 |
| ·Loretta-a forced and helpless sufferer | 第13-16页 |
| ·Maureen-a remolded survivor | 第16-18页 |
| ·women-inferior class depressed into the bottom of the society | 第18-23页 |
| Chapter 2 Widely-existing Violence in the City | 第23-35页 |
| ·Joyce Carol Oates-a writer addicted to violence | 第23-26页 |
| ·Jules-both a sufferer and maker of violence | 第26-28页 |
| ·Violence-a way to destroy and recreate | 第28-35页 |
| Chapter 3 Conflicts Between Environment and Selves | 第35-45页 |
| ·environment, always standing against selves | 第35-36页 |
| ·conflicts of the main characters against environment for their selves | 第36-45页 |
| Conclusion | 第45-47页 |
| Notes | 第47-49页 |
| Bibliography | 第49-51页 |
| Acknowledgement | 第51页 |
