| Acknowledgements | 第5-6页 |
| 致谢 | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第9-13页 |
| 1 Introduction | 第13-21页 |
| 1.1 Jonathan Franzen and The Corrections | 第13-14页 |
| 1.2 Literature Review | 第14-17页 |
| 1.3 Methods and Significance of the Research | 第17-21页 |
| 2 Causes of Conflicts: Decline of Protestant Ethic and Prevalence ofCons umerism | 第21-28页 |
| 2.1 Protestant Ethic Loses Its Effectiveness | 第21-25页 |
| 2.2 Consumerism Stresses Material Desire and Enjoyments | 第25-28页 |
| 3 Processes of Conflicts between Protestant Ethic and Consume ris m | 第28-37页 |
| 3.1 “Corrections”from Alienated Mammonist: Conflicts in Life Values | 第28-30页 |
| 3.2 “Corrections”from Defense to Resistance: Conflicts in Moral Codes | 第30-32页 |
| 3.3 “Corrections”from Toleration to Rebellion: Conflicts in Familial Values | 第32-34页 |
| 3.4 “Corrections”from Worker of Consumer Society: Conflicts in Work Ethic | 第34-37页 |
| 4 Results of Conflicts: Deconstruction of“Self-identity” | 第37-47页 |
| 4.1 Death of Alfred: Extinction of the Defective“Old Order” | 第37-40页 |
| 4.2 Dissimilation of Human Nature: Harm from the Heartless Consumerism | 第40-43页 |
| 4.3 Salvation of Self-identity:“Return”of the Reconstructive Traditional AmericanValues | 第43-47页 |
| 5 Conclusion | 第47-50页 |
| Bibliography | 第50-54页 |
| Author’s Resume | 第54-56页 |
| Thesis date collection | 第56页 |
