1、,The Catcher in the Rye By J.D. Salinger,Reporter: Daniel Wang,The Catcher in the Rye,The Catcher in the Rye is a 1951 novel by J. D. Salinger.It has been listed as one of the best novels of the 20th century.,Jerome David Salinger,Born in the district of Manhattan, New York on January 1,1919. After
2、restless studies in prep schools, he was sent to Valley Forge Military Academy (1934-36), which he attended briefly.,About the author,He served in the U.S. Army in World War II and participated in the invasion of Normandy on D-Day, 1944.After gaining international fame with this novel, Salinger spen
3、t the rest of his life avoiding publicity.Died at his home in New Hampshire on January 27, 2010.,About Holden,Holden is a middle-school student，although he only then 16 years old, but stands head and shoulders above others compared to the average man, all day is putting on the windproof raincoat, we
4、ars the duckbill cap, loafs,and is not willing to study.He finds in school all teachers, schoolmates, schoolwork, sports match and so on, all boring thoroughly.A semester had ended, and 4 of his 5 schoolworks do not pass the examination by the school authorities，he is dismissed.Holden shares a dream
5、 (based on a mishearing of Robert Burns Comin Through the Rye) acting himself as the sole guardian of numerous children playing in a huge rye field on the edge of a cliff. His job is to catch the children in case that they wander close to the brink; Holden believes that to be a catcher in the rye me
6、ans to save children from losing their innocence.Holden describes everything as phoney and is constantly in search of sincerity. Holden represents the early hero of adolescent angst, but full of life, he is the great literary opposite of Goethes young Werther.,你要是在麦田里遇到了我罗伯特-彭斯这里不是家你却是生长根茎的影子习惯把自己养在
7、金黄的梦里我在你的世界练习降落不谈金钱 权利和性只开着一扇干净的窗户折射低飞的阳光我们成了假模假式中两尾漏网的鱼不能跳舞 不能唱歌 不能暴露在这个季节我们适合坐在锋芒的背后幻想给世界灌输一点点酒精你要是在麦田里遇到了我我要是在麦田里遇到了你我们要是看到很多孩子在麦田里做游戏请微笑 请对视态度都浮在生活的措辞里我们都活在彼此的文字里,Coming Through The Rye. Chorus.O Jenny is all wet, poor body,Jenny is seldom dry:She draggled all her petticoats,Coming through the r
8、ye! Coming through the rye, poor body,Coming through the rye,She draggled all her petticoats,Coming through the rye!Should a body meet a bodyComing through the rye,Should a body kiss a body,Need a body cry? Should a body meet a bodyComing through the glen,Should a body kiss a body,Need the world kno
9、w? Should a body meet a bodyComing through the grain,Should a body kiss a body,The thing is a bodys own.,It is a story about a rebellious teenage schoolboy and his quixotic experiences in New York, taking place in December 1949.The story commences with Holden Caulfield describing encounters he has h
10、ad with students and faculty of Pencey Prep in Agerstown, Pennsylvania. He criticizes them for being superficial, or, as he would say, “phony.” After being expelled from the school for his poor academic performance, Holden packs up and leaves the school in the middle of the night after a physical al
11、tercation with his roommate. He takes a train to New York but does not want to return to his family and instead checks into the dilapidated Edmont Hotel .Holden spends a total of three days in the city, and this time is characterized largely by drunkenness and loneliness.,At one point he ends up at
12、a museum, where he contrasts his life with the statues of Eskimos on display. For as long as he can remember, the statues have been unchanging. These concerns may have stemmed largely from the death of his brother, Allie.Eventually, he sneaks into his parents apartment while they are away, to visit
13、his younger sister, Phoebe, who is nearly the only person with whom he seems to be able to communicate. Phoebe views Holden as a hero, and she is naively unaware that Holdens view of her is virtually identical.,After leaving his parents apartment, Holden then drops by to see a former, and much admir
14、ed, English teacher, Mr. Antolini,and is offered advice on life and a place to sleep.Holden is upset when he wakes up in the night to find Mr. Antolini patting his head in a way that he perceives as flitty. Holden leaves and spends his last afternoon wandering the city.,Holden makes the decision tha
15、t he will head out west, and when he mentions these plans to his little sister, she decides she wants to go with him. Holden declines her offer and refuses to have her accompany him. This upsets Phoebe, so Holden does her a favor and decides not to leave after all.Holden tries to reverse her saddene
16、d mood by taking her to the Central Park Zoo. He realizes his mistakes as she rides the carousel that lies within the zoo. While watching Phoebe, Holden realizes that he cant be the “Catcher in the Rye and that he is in need of help.,At the conclusion of the novel, Holden decides not to mention much
17、 about the present day, finding it inconsequential. He alludes to getting sick and living in a mental hospital, and mentions that hell be attending another school in September.Holden says that he has surprisingly found himself missing two of his former classmates, Stradlater and Ackley, and even Maurice the elevator operator.The last words of the novel are, Dont ever tell anybody anything. If you do, you start missing everybody.,Thank you !,
