the-catcher-in-the-rye／麦田里的守望者

TheCatcherintheRyeJ.DSalingerTheBackground

EconomicsPoliticsSocialnorms“Inhis1951novelTheCatcherintheRyeJ.D.SalingerintroducedAmericanstotheculturalandpsychologicallandscapeoftheageofanxiety.Throughhistroubleadolescentprotagonist,HoldenCaulfield,SalingerillustratedthedepressinginsecuritythatateawayatmanyoftheyounginpostwarAmerica”

MargotA.HenriksenThethemeAlienationasaFormofSelf-ProtectionThePainfulnessofGrowingUpThePhoninessoftheAdultWorldAsreaders,wecanseethatHolden’salienationisthecauseofmostofhispain.Heneveraddresseshisownemotionsdirectly,nordoesheattempttodiscoverthesourceofhistroubles.Hedesperatelyneedshumancontactandlove,buthisprotectivewallofbitternesspreventshimfromlookingforsuchinteraction.Alienation

HoldenCaulfieldisanunusualprotagonistforabildungsromanbecausehiscentralgoalistoresisttheprocessofmaturityitself.Hefearschangeandisoverwhelmedbycomplexity.heimagineschildhoodasanidyllicfieldofryeinwhichchildrenrompandplay;adulthood,forthechildrenofthisworld,isequivalenttodeath—afatalfallovertheedgeofacliff.ThePainfulnessofGrowingUp“Phoniness,”whichisprobablythemostfamousphrasefromTheCatcherintheRye,isoneofHolden’sfavoriteconcepts.Itishiscatch-allfordescribingthesuperficiality,hypocrisy,pretension,andshallownessthatheencountersintheworldaroundhim.PhoninessTheinfluencePopularity:Asweallknow,thisnovelwasahugelypopularbestsellerandgeneralcriticalsuccess.Ithasbeenlistedasoneofthebestnovelsofthetwentiethcentury.Controversy:

BecauseSalingerusedslangandprofanityinhistextandbecausehediscussedadolescentsexualityinacomplexandopenway,manyreaderswereoffended.Andsomecriticsarguedthatthebookwasnotseriousliterature,citingitscasualandinformaltoneasevidence.Thebookwas—andcontinuestobe—bannedinsomecommunities,anditconsequentlyhasbeenthrownintothecenterofdebatesaboutFirstAmendmentrights,censorship,andobscenityinliterature.Shootings:

SeveralshootingshavebeenassociatedwithSalinger'snovel,includingRobertJohnBardo'sshootingofRebeccaSchaefferandJohnHinckley,Jr.'sassassinationattemptonRonaldReagan.Additionally,afterfatallyshootingJohnLennon,MarkDavidChapmanwasarrestedwithacopyofthebookthathehadpurchasedthatsameday,insideofwhichhehadwritten:"ToHoldenCaulfield,FromHoldenCaulfield,Thisismystatement".FavoriteSentencesVotedbyAmericansFirst〔with14263likes)“Whatreallyknocksmeoutisabookthat,whenyou'realldonereadingit,youwishtheauthorthatwroteitwasaterrificfriendofyoursandyoucouldcallhimuponthephonewheneveryoufeltlikeit.Thatdoesn'thappenmuch,though.”Second(with3849likes)“Don'tevertellanybodyanything.Ifyoudo,youstartmissingeverybody.”Third(with2849likes)“I'mquiteilliterate,butIreadalot.”Fourth(with2823likes)“Amongotherthings,you'llfindthatyou'renotthefirstpersonwhowaseverconfusedandfrightenedandevensickenedbyhumanbehavior.You'rebynomeansaloneonthatscore,you'llbeexcitedandstimulatedtoknow.Many,manymenhavebeenjustastroubledmorallyandspirituallyasyouarerightnow.Happily,someofthemkeptrecordsoftheirtroubles.You'lllearnfromthem—ifyouwantto.Justassomeday,ifyouhavesomethingtooffer,someonewilllearnsomethingfromyou.It'sabeautifulreciprocalarrangement.Anditisn'teducation.It'shistory.It'spoetry.”Fifth(2348likes)“Anyway,Ikeeppicturingalltheselittlekidsplayingsomegameinthisbigfieldofryeandall.Thousandsoflittlekids,andnobody'saround-nobodybig,Imean-exceptme.AndI'mstandingontheedgeofsomecrazycliff.WhatIhavetodo,Ihavetocatcheverybodyiftheystarttogooverthecliff-Imeanifthey'rerunningandtheydon'tlookwherethey'regoingIhavetocomeoutfromsomewhereandcatchthem.Tha