麦田里的守望者章节概括
篇一：麦田里的守望者章节概括】
chapter 1
the catcher in the rye begins with a statement by the narrator,
holden caulfield, that he will not recount his “ lousy ” childhood and “ 怏怏不乐的意思all that david copperfield kind of crap ” becau such
details bore him. he describes his parents as nice but “ touchy
as he ll. ” instead, holden vows to relate what happened to him around last christmas, before he had to take it easy. he also mentions his brother, d.b., who is nearby in hollywood 拳击袋鼠“ being
a prostitute. ” 水粉静物holden was a student at pencey prep in
agerstown, pennsylvania, and he mocks their advertiments, which claim to have been molding boys into clear-thinking young men since 1888.
holden begins his story during the saturday of the football game with saxon hall, which is suppod to be a big deal at pencey. lma thurmer, the daughter of the headmaster, is at the game, but holden is not. although she is unattractive and a bit pathetic, to holden she ems nice enough becau she avoids lavishing prai upon her father. holden, the manager of the fencing team, has just returned from new york with the team. although they were suppod to have a meet with the mcburney school, holden left the foils on the subway. the fencing team became furious with holden, but he cannot help but find humor in the bad situation. holden has not gone to the game as a result of his sudden unpopularity. instead he choos to say goodbye to spencer, his history teacher, who knows that holden is not coming back to pencey. it turns out that holden has recently been expelled for failing four class. chapter two
holden finds spencer ' s hou somewhat depressing, smelling
of vicks no drops and clearly underscoring the old age of its inhabitants. mr. spencer sits in a ratty old bathrobe and asks holden to sit down. holden tells him that dr. thurmer lectured him about how “life is a game ” and that one should “ play it
according to the rules ”jus—t before he expelled him. mr.
spencer replies that dr. thurmer was correct, but holden holds
to the thought that life is only a game if you are on the right side.
holden tells mr. spencer that his parents will be upt, for this is his fourth private school so far. holden recounts that, at sixteen, he is over six feet tall and has some gray hair, but still acts like a child, as others often tell him. spencer says that he met with holden ' 飞机打多了人会变矮s parents, who are 线上教学感悟“ grand ” people, but holden
dismiss that word as “ phony. ” spencer then tells holden that
he failed him in history becau he knew nothing. spencer reads him his exam essay abo
ut the egyptians, which is woefully inadequate. at the end of the exam, holden left a note for mr. spencer admitting that he was not interested in the egyptians despite spencer 爱迪生资料简介' s interesting lectures, noting that he
would accept if mr. spencer failed him.
as holden and mr. spencer continue to talk, holden ' s mind
wanders to the ducks in central park. he wonders how they suddenly vanish in the winter and where they go. when spencer asks why holden quit elkton hills, he replies that it is a long story. in short, the people there were phonies. he mentions the particular quality of the headmaster, mr. haas, who would be charming toward everyone except the “ fun-ny
looking parents. ” holden claims he has little interest in the
future, and he assures spencer that he is just going through a pha. as hold en leaves, he hears spencer say “ good luck, ” a
phra that he particularly loathes.
analysis
in chapter 1, j.d. salinger has his protagonist begin the catcher in the rye with a bold and sarcastic declaration. holden immediately rejects the idea that the events that he describes in the novel consist of his life story or that this story is indicative of any larger message. he eschews the dickensian idea of literature in novels like david copperfield, in which the plot and narrative progress with a moral message, and he does not intend to inspire sympathy for himlf like another david copperfield or oliver twist. besides, he is probably at a boarding school becau his parents are wealthy. instead of pointing toward a moral, he adopts a discursive style with no concrete message. his story is what it is, and holden ' s story is
his own, not really a cautionary tale for others. as holden
insists, his tale exists independent of any larger meaning or message.
nevertheless, a reader might pick up on salinger 蓝牙耳机排行榜10强' s tuhe of
conventions of a cautionary tale; there is something human about his experience that may well teach us something about not living badly. holden indicates that he has to “ take it easy
富春三中at a new place, strongly implying that he now is receiving psychiatric or psychological help. the details in the first chapter already indicate that he has pursued an aimless, lfdestructive path. expelled from school for failing veral class, holden esntially describes himlf as a perpetual failure. even wor, in his failings he appears to have a strong disregard for others. his solipsistic lf-destruction makes him unable to grasp the conquences of his actions, such as when he choos humor and argues that he somehow is not responsible after he los the fencing equipment on the trip to new york.
