A Boy in Search of the Meaning of Life—— Holden Caulfield in The Catcher in the Rye

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1、一个寻找人生意义的男孩——《麦田守望者》中的霍尔顿ABoyinSearchoftheMeaningofLife——HoldenCaulfieldinTheCatcherintheRyeContentsAbstract………………….…..…………………………………………….1Keywords…………..……….…………………..…………………………...1I.Introduction………………...……………………...…………………..….2II.TheSynopsisofTheCatcherintheRye……...……..……………….….2III.TheBackgroun

2、dsofTheCatcherintheRye…………………………..3IV.TheThematicAnalysis………….…………………………………..…..41Enjoyingandadoringabundantgoods…………………………..…....42Returningtonatureanddefendingthechildren'spurespiritualworld….…53Holden'spsychologicaljourney:escape,struggle,fantasyandcompromise….64Generationgapbetweenchildren

3、andadults……………………...……...7V.ThemesofTheCatcherintheRye……….……………………………..81Innocence……………………………………..………………………82Death………..………………………………………………………….83Loneliness……….………………..……………………………………84Alienation………………………………..…………………………….95Sexualconfusion……...…………………..………………………………9VI.MyViewsonHoldenCaulfield………….

4、……………...………………9References……………………………………….………………………...10ABoyinSearchoftheMeaningsofLife——HoldenCaulfieldinTheCatcherintheRyeAbstract：Ascounterculturalrevoltbegantogrowduringthe1950sand1960s,TheCatcherintheRyewasfrequentlyreadasataleofanindividual'salienationwithinaheartlessworld.Holdenseemedtos

5、tandforyoungpeopleeverywhere,whofeltthemselvesbesetonallsidesbypressuretogrowupandlivetheirlivesaccordingtotherules,todisengagefrommeaningfulhumanconnection,andtorestricttheirownpersonalitiesandconformtoablandculturalnorm.ManyreaderssawHoldenCaufieldasasymbolofpure,unfetteredindividualityinthe

6、faceofculturaloppression.BecauseSalingerusedslangandprofanityinhistextandbecausehediscussedadolescentsexualityinacomplexandopenway,manyreaderswereoffended,andTheCatcherintheRyeprovokedgreatcontroversyuponitsrelease.Thoughcontroversial,thenovelimmediatelyappealedtoagreatnumberofpeople.Itwasahug

7、elypopularbest-sellerandgeneralcriticalsuccess.Salinger'swritingseemedtotapintotheemotionsofreadersinacompletelyunprecedentedway.Keywords：alienation;loneliness;hypocrisy;innocence;growth摘要:随着20世纪五六十年代反社会运动的高涨，《麦田守望者》不断作为冷酷世界中孤立的人的故事被品读。