| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| Contents | 第7-8页 |
| Introduction | 第8-14页 |
| 1.The Writer and the Work | 第8-11页 |
| 2.Colonization and Immigration | 第11-14页 |
| Chapter One Quest for Utopia—America in Illusion | 第14-22页 |
| 1.Quest for Utopia out of Hopelessness in the Philippines | 第14-17页 |
| ·Hopelessness in the Philippines Caused by Family Tragedies | 第14-16页 |
| ·Hopelessness in the Philippines Caused by Exile and Rootlessness | 第16-17页 |
| 2.Quest for Utopia out of Hope and Faith in America | 第17-22页 |
| ·Hope and Faith in American Education System | 第17-18页 |
| ·Hope and Faith in American Ideal | 第18-22页 |
| Chapter Two Disillusionment with Utopia—America in Reality | 第22-37页 |
| 1.Disillusionment with Utopia from Racial Discrimination and Persecution | 第22-29页 |
| ·Disillusionment with Utopia from Racial Discrimination | 第23-25页 |
| ·Disillusionment with Utopia from Racial Persecution | 第25-29页 |
| 2.Disillusionment with Utopia from Cultural Identity Crisis | 第29-37页 |
| ·Disillusionment with Utopia from Loss of Original Cultural Identity | 第30-33页 |
| ·Disillusionment with Utopia from Exclusion from New Cultural Identity | 第33-37页 |
| Chapter Three Reconstruction of Utopia—America in Heart | 第37-52页 |
| 1.Reconstruction of Utopia through Subverting White America | 第37-45页 |
| ·Subverting White America through Education | 第38-42页 |
| ·Subverting White America through Writing | 第42-45页 |
| 2.Reconstruction of Utopia through Rebuilding a Cultural Identity | 第45-52页 |
| ·Rebuilding a Cultural Identity through Rediscovering Ethnic Culture | 第45-48页 |
| ·Rebuilding a Cultural Identity through Rediscovering American Culture | 第48-52页 |
| Conclusion | 第52-53页 |
| Bibliographies | 第53-55页 |
