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1、My Home-run Book：The Catcher in the Rye By J.D.SalingerThe 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 Jerome David Salinger was born wealthy Judean trade peoples family and grew up i

2、n the fashionable apartment district of Manhattan,New York on January 1,1919.After 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

3、on D-Day,1944.After gaining international fame with this novel,Salinger spent the rest of his life avoiding publicity.Salinger died at his home in New Hampshire on January 27,2010.Plot SummaryIt is a story about a rebellious teenage schoolboy and his quixotic experiences in New York,taking place in

4、December 1949.The story commences with Holden Caulfield describing encounters he has had 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,Holde

5、n packs up and leaves the school in the middle of the night after a physical altercation 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 char

6、acterized largely by drunkenness and loneliness.Plot Summary At one point he ends up at 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,Al

7、lie.Eventually,he sneaks into his parents apartment while they are away,to visit 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.Plot Summary

8、After leaving his parents apartment,Holden then drops by to see a former,and much admired,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 leav

9、es and spends his last afternoon wandering the city.Plot SummaryHolden makes the decision that 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

10、 does her a favor and decides not to leave after all.Holden tries to reverse her saddened 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

11、 in need of help.Plot Summary At the conclusion of the novel,Holden decides not to mention much 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 surprisi

12、ngly 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.About HoldenHolden is a middle-school student,the family background in the wealth

13、y middle class family.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,wears the duckbill cap,loafs,is not willing to study.He to in school all-teacher,schoolmate,schoolwork,sports match and so on,a

14、ll was bored thoroughly,once was school fencing team party chiefs,3 times by school dismissal.A semester had ended,and further because he in 5 schoolworks 4 does not pass an examination by the school authorities is dismissed.Holden shares a fantasy he has been thinking about(based on a mishearing of

15、 Robert Burns Comin Through the Rye):he pictures himself as the sole guardian of numerous children running and playing in a huge rye field on the edge of a cliff.His job is to catch the children if they wander close to the brink;to be a catcher in the rye.Although misinterpreted,Holden believes that

16、 to be a catcher in the rye means 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.Writing style

17、 The Catcher in the Rye is written in a subjective style from the point of view of its protagonist,Holden Caulfield,following his exact thought process(a writing style known as stream of consciousness).There is flow in the seemingly disjointed ideas and episodes;for example,as Holden sits in a chair

18、 in his dorm,minor events such as picking up a book or looking at a table,unfold into discussions about experiences.Critical reviews agree that the novel accurately reflected the teenage colloquial speech of the time.Classic SayingsRemember what should be remembered,and forget what should be forgott

19、en.Alter what is changeable,and accept what is mutable.Complaints are the greatest offerings that God obtains from human beings,as well as the most faithful prayers human beings might utter to God.It can be inferred that you lack confidence in a victory over your rivals from the fact that youre irri

20、table against them.From that you would get angry with your friends,we can conclude you still care about the friendship between you.Like the outcome after an exam,death makes us aware of anything,That is,its too late to take a tumble.When you were born,youre crying but lookers-on were smiling.When yo

21、u are passing away,youre smiling but lookers-on are crying.A true love is what doesnt strive for business,for extravagance,for luxury,and moreover for hokum.Classic Sayings What really knocks me out is a book that,when youre all done reading it,you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend

22、 of yours and you could call him up on the phone whenever you felt like it.That doesnt happen much,though.Be sure that you have never had any regrets in your life which only lasts for a few decades.Laugh or cry as you like,and its meaningless to oppress yourself.Everyone has his inherent ability(power or capacity?)which is easily concealed by habbits,blurred by time,and eroded by laziness(or inertia).Wisdom appears in contradiction to itself,which is a trick life plays on philosophy of life.