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Introduction
1. Robert Stone and His Works
2. The Literature Reviews of Dog Soldiers and A Flag For Sunrise
3. The Argument, the Research Methods and the Significance of the Thesis
Chapter One Theoretical Foundation
1.1 Development of Existentialism
1.2 Principal Concepts in Sartrean Existentialism
1.2.1 The Absurdity of the World
1.2.2 The Alienation of Human Beings
1.2.3 Freedom and Responsibility
Chapter Two The Absurdity of Society
2.1 The Absurdity of Vietnamese and American Society
2.1.1 The Chaos of Vietnamese Society
2.1.2 The Disorder of American Society
2.1.3 The Irrationality of People's Life
2.2 The Absurdity of Tecan
2.2.1 The Violence of Tecanecan Society
2.2.2 The Suffering of People
Chapter Three The Alienation of the Characters
3.1 Self-alienation
3.1.1 Self-alienation of Converse
3.1.2 Self-alienation of Holliwell
3.1.3 Self-alienation of Smitty and Pablo
3.2 Alienation of Interpersonal Relationships
3.2.1 Alienation between Converse and Others
3.2.2 Alienation between Holliwell and Others
Chapter Four Freedom of Choice
4.1 Search for Self
4.2 Pursuit of Humanistic Freedom
Conclusion
Bibliography
Acknowledgements
