| Acknowledgements | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-11页 |
| Introduction | 第11-24页 |
| General Introduction of Doris Lessing and Her Works | 第11-12页 |
| Ethics of Care | 第12-17页 |
| Animal-behavior Theory | 第17-18页 |
| Literature Review | 第18-22页 |
| General Arrangement of the Thesis | 第22-24页 |
| Chapter One Subjectivity in Animal World:Sentience and Dependence | 第24-34页 |
| 1.1 Cats Exhibiting Sentience through Behaviors | 第25-30页 |
| 1.2 Cats Gaining Dependence through Human Favor | 第30-34页 |
| Chapter Two Improvement of Relationship:from Hostility to Affection | 第34-44页 |
| 2.1 Drowning Cats in the Cats-obsessed Period | 第35-39页 |
| 2.2 Protecting Cats from Various Dangers | 第39-44页 |
| Chapter Three Caring through Dialogue:Communication and Coexistence | 第44-55页 |
| 3.1 Care for One's Immediate Animal Entourage | 第45-48页 |
| 3.2 Care for Remote Others on the Principle of Homology | 第48-55页 |
| Conclusion | 第55-57页 |
| Works Cited | 第57-61页 |
