| 摘要 | 第4-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5页 |
| Introduction | 第7-14页 |
| 1. Colum McCann and Let the Great World Spin | 第7-9页 |
| 2. Literature Review | 第9-11页 |
| 3. Ethical Criticism in Literature | 第11-14页 |
| Chapter One:The Fall of Man | 第14-26页 |
| 1.1 The Symbolic Implication of "Fall" | 第14-17页 |
| 1.1.1 The Fall of Twin Towers | 第14-16页 |
| 1.1.2 The Fall of Two Human Towers | 第16-17页 |
| 1.2 The Fall of Man in the Novel | 第17-26页 |
| 1.2.1 Corrigan: "a mad, impossible angel" | 第17-20页 |
| 1.2.2 The Delusion of Hope:the Fall of Tillie | 第20-23页 |
| 1.2.3 The Absence of Justice:The Fall of Judge Soderberg | 第23-26页 |
| Chapter Two:The Balance of Man | 第26-34页 |
| 2.1 The Symbolic Implications of "Balance" | 第26-28页 |
| 2.2 Hold Balance in Grief | 第28-34页 |
| 2.2.1 Establishing Friendship and Trust: Clare and Gloria | 第28-31页 |
| 2.2.2 Establishing Kinship:Gloria and Two Orphan Girls | 第31-34页 |
| Chapter Three: High-wire Walking Between the Twin Towers | 第34-42页 |
| 3.1 The Symbol of the Twin Towers | 第34-35页 |
| 3.2 The High-wire Walking as an Overriding Metaphor | 第35-42页 |
| 3.2.1 A Linkage of Different Stories | 第36-39页 |
| 3.2.2 A Linkage of Past and Present | 第39-42页 |
| Conclusion | 第42-45页 |
| Bibliography | 第45-48页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第48页 |
