Through the CNKI.net and the National Knowledge Infrastructure, some domestic scholars’ studies on The Lost Symbol can be located. Zhu Zhenwu, who has published several papers on this novel and the author, commented in Ethical Choice of Dan Brown’s Literary Imagination, “Dan Brown has never ceased contemplating realistic ethical problems. Not only has he shown his respect for the reader’s ethical needs, but has also deconstructed the dual opposition in an appropriate fashion.” (2014) To him, Most of Dan Brown’s novels contain the exploration of ethical problems，including the exploration of human nature. And this thought is also reflected in his article Dan Brown’s Instant Solicitude which was published in the same year.

Besides, scholars have analyzed the game of human nature in Dan Brown’s other works. Zhang Jianan, in Ubiquitous Human Game (2009), has analyzed the human game in the novel Step by Step for the Bureau. In this article, Zhang views that the protagonist’s behavior changes when he meets rights and interests. Thus, the human game is expressed where the characters experience challenges.

The Lost Symbol is exactly what Brown’s fans have been waiting for. The novel, with themes of religion and science, depicts unique characters with distinct images. There are positive and negative characters, particularly fascinating, who capture readers’ attention by realistically exhibiting their true self when faced with choices of life and death. Indeed, though foiled by the anttagonists, the protagonist’s wit and bravery are gradually displayed.来!自~751论-文|网www.751com.cn

The novel on the description and design reflects the human nature that is impressive. Novel linked closely, from the story through the human nature, into the wood one-third. Read later, your understanding will be changed, to deeply appreciate the book that contains the philosophy, fraternity, great beauty. This is the case, every turn of the story, will bring the reader’s emotional orientation of the drastic changes. In this paper, the meaning of this novel as the object, thinking the nature of human, analyzing the human nature gambling. To explore the human nature concern in the novel, 

Even if different themes are touched upon, varied emotions like hesitation, struggle, frustration, etc. are exposed to readers when the protagonists are faced with difficult choices, which makes the plot more attractive, fascinating and thought-provoking. The game of human nature is easily spotted in the novel as well. Beyond doubt, human game appears wherever human beings exist. People make choices all the time, for what they want to gain, for who they want to catch. The ethical conflict is regarded as the driving force of the novel, which leads to a higher level of human society and the state. This is not only the game of human nature, but also the game of social reality. This thesis is intended to probe into the human game in The Lost Symbol from the perspective of Game Theory..