Abstract

Jerome David Salinger is a famous American writer in the American literary history. His famous novel, The Catcher in the Rye, vividly shows us an imagine of a teenage after Second World War. In this novel, the author portrayed a successful image of a different teenage, Amanda Louise Holden, who hated the adult hypocrisy world. He wants to escape from the reality but the side of his weakness decides that he is doomed to failure. Different from other novels, the author presents an anti-hero role who is dissatisfied with reality, hating material pursuit and seeking the spiritual realm. Finally, he can’t change the reality but to want to be a catcher in the rye to protect the children from the influence of the adult world. Through the person Holden, the novel expresses the contradiction between the American material life and the lack of spiritual life after the Second World War.  

Key words: Anti-hero; weak; kindness.

摘  要
   
   杰羅姆大衛(wèi)塞林格是美國現(xiàn)代文學史上杰出的小說家，他在其著名的小說《麥田里的守望者》中形象地刻畫了叛逆的反英雄少年霍爾頓。在這部小說中，作者通過霍爾頓這一形象向我們展示了二戰(zhàn)后美國青少年的一部分生活及物質(zhì)的豐富與精神匱乏之間的矛盾。而這一矛盾在霍爾頓身上體現(xiàn)的尤為明顯。本文從三個部分來說明霍爾頓的性格、形成原因以及對當代的啟示。在小說中，小說中主人公霍爾頓厭惡成人世界的虛偽并設(shè)法逃離，但由于他自身性格的原因注定了他的失敗以至于精神的崩潰?；魻栴D是一個時代的犧牲品，是那個時代的悲劇。故事結(jié)尾主人公愿成為麥田里的守望者，來守護那些純真的孩子免受虛偽骯臟的
成人世界。
 
關(guān)鍵詞：反英雄；懦弱；善良.

 
Table of Contents

Acknowledgements.....................................................................................................i
Abstract........................................................................................................................ii
摘要.................................................................................................................................................ii
I. Introduction..............................................................................................................1
II. Feature of Holton....................... .................................3
2.1.Discuss of Holden’s negative character......................................... ......................3
2.1.1 Rebellion of Holden............................................... ............................................................
2.1.2.Holdon's cynicism................................................................ ............................................... 2.1.3,Holdon's Cowardliness and Passiveness.......................... ........................... ...............
2.2Discuss of Holden's positive character....................................................... ................. ....
2.2.1Righteousness and Virtuousness.......................................... ...........................................
2.2.2Holdon's Considerateness and Kindness.....................................................................
2.2.3The main reasons that cause Holden's double characters............................... .......
III. Reasons of that character......................................................................................... ..........
3.1Deformity of education in Holden's period........................................................... ..........
3.2The alienation of social environment.................................................................... ............
3.3Alienation of interpersonal relationship.......................................................... ................
IV. Reference to the modern youth........................................................................ ..................
4.1A correct attitude of contemporary students to life ............................................ ........
4.2 Contemporary teenagers' noble moral character............................................ ...........
 V. Conclusion............................................................................................................11
Bibliography.............................................................................................................12