厄普代克在《兔子歸來》中，藉由Harry去表達美國中產階級在動蕩的60年代，如何面對越戰、種族、女性議題，作者藉由與他人爭辯與樹種強制的教育練習試圖減緩Harry多重焦慮並調解種族間的衝突。第一章著重於Harry 對越戰的狂熱辯護反映Harry如何看待自身為一美國人的身分與美國在越戰中扮演的角色。第二章討論白人對於黑人崛起的自信心產生的種族焦慮。作者採用一位黑人激進份子及其強迫式的練習，挑戰Harry的種族主義。第三章探究Harry無法再全面地掌控家中女性的焦慮。厄普代克透過刻畫女性角色的主動性以對比受威脅男性的消極性。

John Updike utilizes Harry, a white Middle American man, as the main character in Rabbit Redux to react to unavoidable issues of the 1960s such as Vietnam War, racial conflicts and women’s liberation. The narrative attempts to relieve Harry's multiple anxieties and achieve racial reconciliation by arguing with others and several enforced educational practices. The first chapter of this thesis concentrates on Harry’s enthusiastic defense of America and himself during the Vietnam War. The second chapter discusses white people's racial anxieties about rising black assertiveness. Updike introduces a black radical and his enforced educational practices as the means to challenge Harry's racism. The third chapter looks into Harry’s anxiety about not being able to fully dominate the women in his family. Updike presents women’s activity by portraying Janice and Jill as the representatives to contrast with threatened masculine passivity.

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