| 摘要 | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-10页 |
| Introduction | 第10-24页 |
| ·William Golding and Lord of the Flies | 第10-13页 |
| ·Golding’s Life Experiences | 第10页 |
| ·Influences of Golding’s Experiences on His Writing | 第10-11页 |
| ·Social and Cultural Background | 第11-12页 |
| ·A Summary of Lord of the Flies | 第12-13页 |
| ·Literature Review | 第13-18页 |
| ·Literary Darwinism | 第18-22页 |
| ·Structure of the Thesis | 第22-24页 |
| Chapter 1 From Cooperation to Competition | 第24-36页 |
| ·Struggling Side by Side for Survival | 第24-28页 |
| ·Sharing the Same Resources from Outside | 第24-26页 |
| ·Overcoming the Same Fears from Within | 第26-28页 |
| ·Conflicts between Jack and Ralph | 第28-36页 |
| ·Means of Survival: The Wildness vs The Mildness | 第28-30页 |
| ·Scrambling for Resources: The Cruel vs The Rational | 第30-32页 |
| ·Fighting for Status: Supremacy vs Democracy | 第32-36页 |
| Chapter 2 Causes of the Competition | 第36-51页 |
| ·The Inner World Evolved for Adaptation | 第36-39页 |
| ·Evolutionary Sources of Jack’s Hunting and Ralph’s Sheltering | 第36-38页 |
| ·Evolutionary Explanation on Jack’s Aggression | 第38-39页 |
| ·The Natural World Arousing the Boys’ Fears and Anxiety | 第39-44页 |
| ·Vast Sea Containing Infinite Possibility | 第40-42页 |
| ·Rocks Wrenched and Shattered by Nature | 第42-44页 |
| ·The Social World Triggering Crisis and Conflicts | 第44-51页 |
| ·Wars Permeated with Competition and Conflicts | 第45-48页 |
| ·Diminution of Civilization and Expansion of Wildness | 第48-51页 |
| Chapter 3 Ultimate Upshot of the Competition | 第51-60页 |
| ·A Conflict Nearly Ruining the Natural Environment | 第51-55页 |
| ·Plants’ Extinction on the Island | 第51-53页 |
| ·Animals’ Doom on the Island | 第53-55页 |
| ·A Conflict Almost Destroying Both Jack and Ralph | 第55-60页 |
| ·Ralph’s Virtual Failure | 第55-57页 |
| ·Jack’s Self-destruction | 第57-60页 |
| Conclusion | 第60-62页 |
| References | 第62-66页 |
| Appendix A Diagram of Human Nature | 第66-67页 |
| Appendix B 详细中文摘要 | 第67-70页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第70页 |
