声明
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
摘要
Abstract
Introduction
1.Kurt Vonnegut and Slaughterhouse-Five
2.Literature review
3.Theoretical framework
3.1 Other
3.3 Escape from freedom
3.4 Freedom and responsibility
4.Thesis statement
Chapter One Escape from ‘‘the other”
1.1 Toleration in front of Germans
1.2 Cowardice in front of comrades
1.3 Indifference in front of family members
Chapter Two Escape from truth
2.1 Denial of the passage of time
2.2 Abandoning the subjective initiative
2.3 Refusal to face current living condition
Chapter Three Escape from freedom
3.1 Mental disposition of authoritarianism
3.1.1 Tendency to masochism
3.1.2 Tendency to sadism
3.2 Mental disposition of destructiveness
3.3 Mental disposition of attachment
Chapter Four Nowhere to escape
4.1 Inescapable absurd world
4.1.1 Unavoidable wars
4.1.2 The collapse of religious faith
4.2 Refusal to escape
4.2.1 Courage to look back
4.2.2 Responsibility for free choice
Conclusion
Bibliography