對(duì)麥田里的守望者的主人公霍爾頓的性格的分析論文

1、-. z美國(guó)文學(xué)論文AnAnalysisofHoldens CharacterintheCatcherintheRyeAnAnalysisofHoldens CharacterintheCatcherintheRyeAuthor: Li Ziyan Supervisor: Peng Di (Foreign Language college, Hainan Normal University, Haikou 571158) Abstract: HoldenCaulfieldistheprotagonistofthenovelTheCatcherintheRye,whichistheAmerica

2、nfamouswriterJeromeDavidSalingersnovel, 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 pur

3、suit and seeking the spiritual realm. As a rebel, he is struggling with the world. Meanwhile he is in deep love with purity of his childhood and innocence of children. More importantly, he defends childrens soul and keeps watch the bright ideal. Itanalyzesfurthertheprocessofcatchinganddisillusionofh

4、isdream,includingtheimmaturityofmind,thelongingforunderstandingandtheseekingwithoutresult.This paper centers on two major aspects to analyze characters of Holden. One is his rebellious spirit; the other is his consistent pursuit of defending purify and seeking lofty ideal. Through the person Holden,

5、 the novel e*presses the contradiction between the American material life and the lack of spiritual life after the Second World War.Key words:Dream;Weak; Catching;Phonyworld;Disillusion; Kindness對(duì)麥田里的守望者的主人公霍爾頓的性格的分析摘要：霍爾頓是著名出色的小說家杰羅姆大衛(wèi)塞林格寫的小說麥田里德守望者的主人公。不同于其他的小說，作者刻畫了一個(gè)對(duì)現(xiàn)實(shí)不滿，鄙視物質(zhì)的追求而去尋找精神的領(lǐng)域的叛逆的反英雄

6、人物。他厭惡成年人虛偽的世界，他想要逃離這個(gè)現(xiàn)實(shí)，但由于性格的原因又注定了他是失敗的。作者通過霍爾頓這一形象向我們展示了二戰(zhàn)后美國(guó)青少年一局部生活及物質(zhì)的豐富于精神匱乏之間的矛盾。而這一矛盾在霍爾頓身上表達(dá)的尤為明顯。本文從霍爾頓的矛盾性格去分析個(gè)性特征中的兩大層面。一方面是透析他個(gè)性中的反叛性；另一方面是解讀他保衛(wèi)純真，守望美好的崇高理想。關(guān)鍵詞：夢(mèng)想；軟弱；捕捉；虛假的世界；幻滅；善良-. z1. Introduction(一級(jí)標(biāo)題是小三號(hào)，加黑，Times New Roman字體)J.D. Salinger is recognized by many critics and reader

7、s as one of the most popular influential American writers after Second World War. He is best known for his only novel the Catcher in the Rye. The protagonist in the novel, Holden bee synonymous with the sensitivity of many young Americans.This is a book about escape. Holden tried to escape from real

8、ity when he was e*pelled from school, but his strength is trivial, so in the end he could not escape the limited world, but to be regard as mental illness people and to be sent to the place of nursing homes to accept the treatment of psychological e*perts. The end of the novel is the controversial f

9、ocus of many critics on whether Holden accept the adult world. 正文是小四號(hào)，Times New Roman, 首行縮進(jìn)4字母 (2個(gè)字符)，全文行間距均為1.5倍2. Holdens negative character二級(jí)及以下標(biāo)題均是4號(hào) Times New Roman字體，加黑2.1 A Rebel against the FamilyAlthough Holden was born in a wealthy family, he never felt proud of his family or had a close r

10、elationship with his parents. His family could only provide him money support. So the lack of family love of Holden formed his strange character. He thought that if they knew he had been e*pelled from school they would kill him. So what Holden could only do was to run away from school in New York st

11、reet aimlessly.2.2 A Rebel against the SchoolHolden is depressed at school, Penceys hypocritical teachers and artificial classmates around him casts a heavy below on him, thus he feels being hurt deeply, the pain Holden suffers in school is a cause of his spiritual confusion. Although Pencey is a fa

12、mous with e*cellent academic achievement, in Holdens eyes, it is a school of phonies and slobs, and the students are quite a few guys came from these wealthy families, but it was full of crooks anyway. The more e*pensive a school is, the more crooks it has. The teachers only pay attention to the goo

13、d academic records, but never think of the psychological needs of the youth. Holden can not get love and care that he desires from the education offered by school. The advertisement at Pencey says that since 1888 the school had been molding boys into splendid and clear-thinking young men, but in fac

14、t, they didnt do any molding than other school did. What Holden frequently hears among his classmates is about se* and woman. Lacking understanding from his classmates makes Holden feels painful at school.2.3 A symbol for the Rebel- Red Hunting CapIn the novel, the red hunter hat is a typical symbol

15、 passing through the entire work. The hunting cap represents Holdens passive resistance to many unpleasant aspects of life. He buys it when his schoolmates ostracize him and he wears it whenever he wants to retreat from unpleasant happenings. He puts on the hunter hat once again at the time of leavi

16、ng Pencey. He turns the duck tongue to the back of head. His action on his doesnt just show his pleasure but his deliberate intention. He always says he likes it that way. As a youth in the transition of grown-up gradually, his achievement unavoidably stresses the self-value so as to manifest the so

17、cial endorse.2.4 Holdens Sensitivity to Phony.As a typical rebel, Holden is sensitive to all hypocritical people and phony matters. He hates movies more than other. He regard his brother D.B.s screen play as degeneration, because the movie has congested the baseless and irrational concoctions plot.

18、The characters are all full of prunes and prism. In New Yorks barroom, an ole black man named Ernie is always playing the piano. Holden thinks the old man is in low standard when playing the piano. People always clap for the wrong things. Anyway, when he was finished, and everybody was clapping thei

19、r heads off, old Ernie turned around on his stool and gave this very phony, humble bow. Like as if he was a hellu va humble guy, besides being a terrific piano player. (The Catcher in the Rye)Especially the plot that disgusts protagonist deeply is the scene when he has a date with his girlfriend. Wh

20、en he watches a play with Sally, he smokes cigarettes outside and he sees some audience taking rest outside the field after the first curtain. They just talk something senseless but it sounds that they are interested in it. Holden feels very sick about this situation. He thinks, What a deal that was

21、. You never saw so many phonies in all your life, everybody smoking their ears off and taking about the play so that everybody could hear and know how sharp they were. (The Catcher in the Rye)3. Holdens positive character.3.1 Loving Pure Childhood TimeIn the novel, the pure world is manifested by so

22、me representative personages. The first is his younger brother, Alley, who died many years ago. Holden likes him, not only because of the blood relationship, but also for Alleys chastity and intelligence. Holden recalls that he sleeps in the garage that very evening when Alley dies. So he insists th

23、at he is responsible for his brothers death. As a result of the e*tremely sorrowful, he uses the fists to smash the windowpane heavily. When Phoebe asks Holden to say something or somebody he likes, he always thinks of Alley, his lovely younger brother. Obviously, in Holdens mind, Alley is the pure

24、symbol forever though he has already died.When it es to Phoebe, Holden spares no efforts e*pressing his care for her. He always wants to guard and protect her innocent and artless mind. When he is overwhelmed by the hypocritical people and the society, and even when he is almost despaired with all t

25、he things, he slips into Phoebes room, he says, just being afraid of having no chance to see her before he dies. Phoebe proposes to go together with him so as to live in the West, he flatly refuses. He hopes Phoebe to maintain a kind of nave attitude towards the life.3.2 A CatcherHolden wants to be

26、the catcher- guardian of innocence and the protector of children. He wants top save innocent children from falling into the abyss of adult corruption. He yearns for philosophical significance in his life- to have a great moral purpose above and beyond practice truths. He wishes to save humanity from

27、 the evil of its ways. He wishes children keep their naivety and innocence forever, never growing up and never entering the adult world.4. Conclusion.In The Catcher in the Rye, the author presents us a sensitive, rebellious andand very self-conscious adolescent who eek his won identify in relation to an outside world with which he find himself more or less at