| Acknowledgements | 第6-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-8页 |
| Abstract | 第8-9页 |
| Introduction | 第10-15页 |
| Part One The Ethical Theme: Transformation of Balram's Ethical Identity | 第15-26页 |
| 1.1 Balram's Ethical Dilemmas | 第16-20页 |
| 1.1.1 To Report Ram Persad or Not | 第16-17页 |
| 1.1.2 To Kill Ashok or Not | 第17-19页 |
| 1.1.3 To Save Dharam or Not | 第19页 |
| 1.1.4 To Compensate a Victim or Not | 第19-20页 |
| 1.2 Balram's Ethical Choices | 第20-26页 |
| 1.2.1 To be a Self-regarded Blackmailer | 第20-22页 |
| 1.2.2 To be a Heinous Murderer | 第22-23页 |
| 1.2.3 To be a Responsible Guardian | 第23-24页 |
| 1.2.4 To be a Good-willed Businessman | 第24-26页 |
| Part Two Balram's Confessional Narrative of Ternary Sins | 第26-35页 |
| 2.1 The Confession of Deceit | 第26-30页 |
| 2.1.1 The Self-accusatory Narrative of Deceit | 第26-29页 |
| 2.1.2 The Self-exculpatory Narrative of Deceit | 第29-30页 |
| 2.2 The Confession of Crime | 第30-32页 |
| 2.2.1 The Self-accusatory Narrative of Crime | 第30页 |
| 2.2.2 The Self-exculpatory Narrative of Crime | 第30-32页 |
| 2.3 The Confession of Abscondence | 第32-35页 |
| 2.3.1 The Self-accusatory Narrative of Abscondence | 第32-33页 |
| 2.3.2 The Self-exculpatory Narrative of Abscondence | 第33-35页 |
| Part Three Narrative Techniques Reflecting the Ethical Theme | 第35-48页 |
| 3.1 The Narrative of Binary Oppositions | 第35-38页 |
| 3.1.1 The Light versus the Darkness | 第36-37页 |
| 3.1.2 Virtues versus Vices | 第37-38页 |
| 3.2 The Narrative of Animal Tropes | 第38-43页 |
| 3.2.1 The Rooster Coop | 第39-40页 |
| 3.2.2 The White Tiger | 第40-41页 |
| 3.2.3 The Monkey, Dog, Parrot, Spider, and Donkey | 第41-42页 |
| 3.2.4 The Stork, the Wild Boar, the Raven and the Buffalo | 第42-43页 |
| 3.3 The Narrative Repetition | 第43-48页 |
| 3.3.1 The Illustration of the Black Fort | 第44-45页 |
| 3.3.2 The Image of the Chandelier | 第45-46页 |
| 3.3.3 The Depiction of Balram's Spitting Act | 第46-48页 |
| Conclusion | 第48-50页 |
| Bibliography | 第50-52页 |
