《麦田里守望者》之主人公霍尔顿人物性格之研究.docVIP

《麦田里守望者》之主人公霍尔顿人物性格之研究Abstract:This paper focuses on the analysis on the character of Holden in the American novel The Catcher in the Rye from 4 different aspects. This novel was bestseller at that time. Holden was one of the representatives of “the lost generation”, who appeared in the 1960s. Key words:Holden, pain, spirit, kindhearted, idealist In this novel, The Catcher in the Rye, the flashback is used to describe the story of Holden Caulfield. Holden quitted from school and lingered in New York for two days and nights. Salinger told the readers Holden?s experience and his complicated feeling. On one side, Salinger described Holden?s spirit of pain, gloom, loneliness, resentment, depression and rebellion etc, which are the typical characteristics of teenagers at that time. On the other side, Salinger criticized the hypocrisy, airs and graces of the adults? world. This is a marvelous novel. Next, I would analyze the personality of Holden. 1. Holden was a cultivated young man. Actually, he was in senior school. He didn?t like studying and school education at all. But he paid attention to the hygiene and some other living details. For instance, when Ackley?just cut?his?crumby?nails?over?the floor, Holden was patient enough to ask Ackley to cut the nails on the table. For another example, Holden thought Ackley never brushed his dirty teeth and he patiently persuaded him. And Holden also disliked Ackley just squeezed the big pimple on his chin before other people. Actually, Holden had a good family. In some degree, we can say he was from middle-class family. For his age, he could have a good living and no annoyance at all. But Holden disliked the society and the school education just because he thought the so-called education was false and the purpose of the education was to breed them to chase those vanity and fame, which were meaningless in his mind. “All you do is to make a lot of dough and play golf and play bridge and buy cars and drink Martinis and look