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Chapter One Introduction
1.1 Norman Mailer and His Works
1.2 Literature Review
1.3 Significance and Layout of the Thesis
Chapter Two Metaphorical Meanings of Characters
2.1 Rusty and Luke：Spokesmen of the American Government
2.1.1 Rusty's Company：Symbol of the American Domination
2.1.2 Luke's Military Disposition：American Military Strategy in Vietnam
2.2 DJ and Tex：Representatives of American Soldiers in Vietnam
2.2.1 DJ：Narrator of the Hunting Stories
2.2.2 Tex：DJ's Alter-ego
Chapter Three Hunting in the Wilderness
3.1 A Journey to Vietnam
3.1.1 Wilderness in Alaska：A New Frontier to America-Vietnam
3.1.2 Hunting Animals：Metaphor of Hunting Vietnamese
3.1.3 Animal-like Behavior：the US Soldier's Sense of Emptiness
3.2 A Journey of Heart
3.2.1 Dissolution of Heroism
3.2.2 Loss of Innocence
Chapter Four Conclusion
4.1 Why Are We in Viotnam?
4.2 This Novel and Those Novels of the Vietnam War
Bibliography
Acknowledgements
