| Abstract in Chinese | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract in English | 第6-9页 |
| Introduction | 第9-15页 |
| Chapter One Origin of Suffering | 第15-22页 |
| ·Heidegger's Interpretation of "Anxiety" | 第15-16页 |
| ·Origin of Suffering in the Texts | 第16-22页 |
| ·Stern Code of Behavior vs. Unsuppressed Desire in The Scarlet Letter | 第16-19页 |
| ·Self-deceptive Perfection vs. Miserable Reality in Bartleby, the Scrivener | 第19-22页 |
| Chapter Two The Journey of Suffering | 第22-36页 |
| ·Rebellious Heroine Lost in the Wilderness | 第22-26页 |
| ·Man Shrinking from the Revelation | 第26-36页 |
| Chapter Three Suffering as a Reminder of Limitation | 第36-43页 |
| ·Some New Insight into the "They" | 第36-40页 |
| ·Hypocrisy of Puritan codes | 第36-37页 |
| ·Rigidity of the Rules in Wall Street | 第37-39页 |
| ·Two Images of the "They" | 第39-40页 |
| ·Limitations of Reason | 第40-43页 |
| ·Intuitional Merit Suppressed by Reason | 第40-42页 |
| ·Reason as the Enemy of Understanding and Imagination | 第42-43页 |
| Chapter Four Suffering as a Clue to Possibilities | 第43-53页 |
| ·The Office of the Living Scarlet Letter, Pearl | 第43-46页 |
| ·More Authentic Possibilities-of-being in Wall Street | 第46-50页 |
| ·Suffering and the Bond of Humanity | 第47-49页 |
| ·Green Touch in Wall Street | 第49-50页 |
| ·Suffering as an Inspiration in Pursuit of Truth | 第50-53页 |
| Conclusion | 第53-56页 |
| Bibliography | 第56-58页 |