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Introduction
Chapter One Comparability and Significance
Ⅰ Comparability of the Two Novels
1 The Selection of the Two Novellas
2The Eligibility of the Comparison
Ⅱ Significance of the comparison
1 Questions to Be Solved
2 The Applicative Value
Chapter Two Similarities between the Two Novels
I Similarities in Plot Development
1 Dissatisfaction and Sufferings
2 Illusions and Rebellions Actions
3 Disillusionment and Back to Reality
Ⅱ Similarities in Character Molding
1 Resemblance in Protagonist Molding
2 Resemblance in Influential Characters Molding
Ⅲ Similarities in Thematic Concerns
1 Identity Crisis and Identity Retrieval
2 The Silent Protest
Chapter Three Differences between the Two Novels
I Differences in Ideologies and Worldviews
1 Different Attitudes towards Love and Sex
2 Different Attitudes towards the Self-Identification of Gender Roles
Ⅱ Differences in Narratology
1 Dissimilitudes in the Narrative Style
2 Dissimilitudes in the Usage of Narrative Language
3 Dissimilitudes in the Narrative Tone
Chapter Four Causes of the Similarities and Differences
1 Causes of the Similarities
1 The Mental Development of Adolescence and Early Adulthood
2 Changes in Social and Literary Climate of Mid-20th Century America
Ⅱ Causes of the Differences
1 Gender Differentiations
2 Regional-Cultural Differences
Chapter Five Generalized Principles of the Similarities and Differences
Ⅰ The Common Features in Initiation Stories
1 The Prototype
2 An Inter-time Comparison
Ⅱ Differences in Bildungsromans about Different Sexes and Locations
1 Bildungsromans about the Boy and the Girl
2 Bildungsromans on the North and the South
3 Reasons for the Applicability and Non-Universal Applicability
ⅢAssociations with Feminism, Gender Study, and Local Colorism.
1 Feminism
2 Gender Study
3 Local Colorism
Conclusion
Bibliography
Acknowledgements