| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| 内容摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-10页 |
| 1. Introduction | 第10-16页 |
| ·A Brief Introduction to Louis Sachar and Holes | 第10-12页 |
| ·Literature Review | 第12-13页 |
| ·Aim and Significance of the Thesis | 第13-16页 |
| 2. Stanley's Mental Growth | 第16-28页 |
| ·Stanley's Cognitive Development | 第16-21页 |
| ·Stanley's Growth in Intellectual Cognition | 第16-18页 |
| ·Stanley's Growth in Emotional Cognition | 第18-19页 |
| ·Stanley's Growth in Social Cognition | 第19-21页 |
| ·The Growth of Stanley's Self-awareness | 第21-28页 |
| ·Denial of Negative Self-image | 第21-22页 |
| ·Consciousness of Selfness | 第22-24页 |
| ·Discovery of the Self | 第24-28页 |
| 3. Growing into a Social Being | 第28-41页 |
| ·Stanley's Awakening of Social Identity | 第28-32页 |
| ·Absence of Social Identity | 第28-29页 |
| ·Awareness of Social Identity | 第29-32页 |
| ·Construction of Social Identity | 第32-36页 |
| ·Widely-acknowledged Hero | 第32-33页 |
| ·Active Involvement in Social Activities | 第33-35页 |
| ·Fulfillment of Widely-claimed Social Values | 第35-36页 |
| ·Stanley's Moral Growth | 第36-41页 |
| 4. Stanley's Physical Growth | 第41-46页 |
| ·Physical Defect | 第41-42页 |
| ·Ordeals as Approach to Improvement of Physique | 第42-43页 |
| ·Physical Perfection through the Test of Life and Death | 第43-46页 |
| 5. Conclusion | 第46-50页 |
| Bibliography | 第50-52页 |
