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1、CatcherintheRye:theNaivetyofChildhoodSummary:DiscussesJ.D.Salinger’s’’CatcherintheRye.”DescribesmaincharacterHoldenCaulfield’sfixationonchildhood.Detailshowhestrugglesthroughteenagelifebecausehecannotaccepttheresponsibilitiesthatcomewithgrowingup.Inthenovel
2、,’TheCatcherintheRye”byJ.DSalinger,themaincharacter,Holden,isateenagerwhorefusestogrowupbecauseheisnaivelyfixatedonchildhood.Throughoutthenovel,Holdenstrugglesthroughteenagelifebecausehecannotacceptthegivenresponsibilitiesthatcomewithgrowingup.Holdenisobses
3、sedwithchildhoodbecausehechoosestobewedgedbetweenaworldoftheinnocenceofchildrenandthecomplexworldofadulthood.Holdendeitieshistwoyoungersiblingsasifthey’recandidatesforsainthoodbecauseofhisfixation.Holdenisateenagerwhorefusestogrowupbecauseheisafraidofgainin
4、gtheresponsibilitiesthatcomewithit.So,Holdenstruggleshardtostaychildish.Forexample,throughoutthebook,hedoesnotwanttotakeresponsibilitytocommunicatewithothersthatmaywanttohelphim.Herefusestogohomeandconfronthisparentsandfacetheconsequences.Alongwiththis,heal
5、sopullsthechildishsilenttreatmenttowardhisparents;becausethat’stheonlyknifehehastohurtthem:."..shewouldn’t’vebeentheonesthatansweredthephone.Myparentswouldbetheones.Sothatwasout.”(pg.59)Heisafraidtotalktopeopleclosetohimbecausethey’llbecriticaltohim.Thiswou
6、ldalsoexplainhislackofinteractionwithJaneGallagher:.’’"Ikeptstandingthere,ofgivingoldJaneabuzz-ImeancallingherlongdistanceatB.M."TheonlyreasonIdidn’tcallhimwasbecauseIwasn’tinthemood."(pg.63)Sinceheisafraidofinteractionwithpeopleclosetohim,hetriestogetstran
7、gerstotalkto,sotheconservationshehaswiththemwon'tgotoointodepth.Hedoesnotwanttofacetheworldofreality.Forexample,inchapternine,Holdenaskshiscabdriver,whoisacompletestrangertohim,foracocktailoncehe’sdonedrivingHoldentotheEdmontHotel:’’Wouldyoucaretostoponthew
8、ayandjoinmeforacocktail””(pg.60)Therefore,Holdenwilltrytogetsomerandomstrangerforabeer,astheywon’tcriticizehim.Amongotherresponsibilities,Holdentriestosetrulesupforhimselflikeanadult,butendsupbreakingt
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