| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-8页 |
| Contents | 第8-9页 |
| Introduction | 第9-16页 |
| 1 John Updike and His Rabbit Quartet | 第9-11页 |
| 2 Literary Review of Rabbit Is Rich | 第11-14页 |
| 3 Thesis Statement and Organization of the Thesis | 第14-16页 |
| Chapter 1 Rabbit in Consumer Culture | 第16-34页 |
| ·Media in Rabbit's life | 第18-24页 |
| ·Conspicuous Consumption in the Novel | 第24-28页 |
| ·Metaphor and Metonymy in Consumption | 第25-26页 |
| ·Leisure and Lifestyle in Rabbit Is Rich | 第26-28页 |
| ·Rabbit's Obsession with Money and Things | 第28-34页 |
| Chapter 2 Rabbit's Family Life in the Consumer Society | 第34-46页 |
| ·Rabbit's Marital Life | 第34-37页 |
| ·Rabbit's Narcissistic Traits | 第37-42页 |
| ·Narcissism as a Character Disorder | 第38-39页 |
| ·Rabbit's Narcissistic Traits | 第39-42页 |
| ·Frustrating Father-Son Relationship in Rabbit's Family | 第42-46页 |
| Chapter 3 Rabbit's Midlife Crisis | 第46-59页 |
| ·Theoretical Basis for Midlife Transition | 第46-49页 |
| ·Rabbit's Intense Concern for Physical Decline | 第49-52页 |
| ·Rabbit's Acute Consciousness of Death and Recollections of the Past | 第52-53页 |
| ·Rabbit's Inadequate Midlife Transition | 第53-59页 |
| Conclusion:Rabbit at Resignation | 第59-62页 |
| Works Cited | 第62-64页 |
