| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-9页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第9-16页 |
| ·Ellison and his Invisible Man | 第9-10页 |
| ·Literature Review | 第10-13页 |
| ·Communication | 第13-15页 |
| ·The Layout of the thesis | 第15-16页 |
| Chapter Two Failure in Individual-individual Communication | 第16-27页 |
| ·Attempt to Establish Relations with the Whites | 第17-21页 |
| ·Unfulfilled Communication with the Whites | 第21-23页 |
| ·Initial Awakening of Existential Being | 第23-27页 |
| Chapter Three Failure in Individual-community Communication | 第27-38页 |
| ·Attempts to be Integrated with White Communities | 第28-30页 |
| ·Unsuccessful Communication with White Communities | 第30-35页 |
| ·Further Awakening of Existential Being | 第35-38页 |
| Chapter Four Failure in Self Communication | 第38-45页 |
| ·Inner Rebellion Overwhelmed by Outer Submission | 第38-39页 |
| ·Blackness Inside Suffocated by Whiteness Outside | 第39-41页 |
| ·Final Realization of Existential Being Underground | 第41-45页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第45-47页 |
| Bibliography | 第47-50页 |
