Introduction: some backgrounds and implications of the escape motif -- Huckleberry Finn: escape from conscience and the discovery of the heart -- Theron Ware: the fall from innocence and the escape from guilt -- George Willard: death and resurrection -- John Andrews: flight from the machine -- Frederic Henry: the run for life -- The Joads: flight into the social soul -- Jake Blount: escape as dead end -- Bigger Thomas: escape into the labyrinth -- Flight: some conclusions.
