bookreport麥田里的守望者The Catcher In The Rye

BookReportTitle:THECATCHERINTHERYEAuthor:J.D.SALINGERPages:26Wordsandexpressions:lousy:討厭的；極壞的crap:廢話；廢物buck:紈绔子弟；年輕的印第安人或黑人manure:耕種phonyslob:懶散的人ostracize:放逐；排斥Spencer:針織短上衣chiffonier:西洋梳鏡柜Caucasian:白種人ingredient:要素；組成部分firecracker:鞭炮，爆竹grippy:患流行性感冒的locomotive:機車；火車頭sarcastic:挖苦的；尖刻的，辛辣的bull:公牛rostrum:講壇；演講者]illiterate:不識字的；沒受教育的；文盲的suitcase:手提箱；衣箱sonuvabitch:罵人的話（等于sonsofbitches）torso:殘缺不全的東西steamy:蒸汽的；充滿蒸汽的washbowl:洗臉盆bastard:私生子choke:抑制babe:嬰兒，小孩surgeon:外科醫(yī)生teeoff:發(fā)球，開球；開始halitosis:口臭pimple:面皰；疙瘩moron:笨人；[口]傻瓜hospitality:殷勤；好客corridor:走廊oversexed:縱欲的inhale:吸入；猛吃猛喝trance:恍惚；出神；著迷，入迷crumby:柔軟的；盡是面包屑的approximately:大約，近似地；近于lobby:大廳；休息室intoxicate：使喝醉；使陶醉；使中毒jitterbug:容易緊張的人apiece:每人；每個；各自地suicide:自殺；自殺者；自殺行為cab:出租汽車；出租馬車；駕駛室liquor:酒，含酒精飲料；液體；烈酒；溶液foul:邪惡的；污穢的minimum:最小量；最小值；最小化；最低限度blindfolded:被蒙上眼睛的yellowness:黃色；發(fā)黃；猜忌；膽怯nonchalant:冷淡的，漠不關心的blonde:亞麻色的；白皙的；白膚金發(fā)碧眼的dough:生面團；[美俚]金錢prostitute:賣淫的；墮落的leak:漏洞，裂縫；泄漏banister:欄桿的支柱；樓梯的扶欄chew:咀嚼；咀嚼物bourgeois:中產階級的人snotty:流鼻涕的，盡是鼻涕的；下賤的marvelous:了不起的；非凡的；令人驚異的shrug:聳肩，聳肩表示tighten:變緊；使變緊mutiny:兵變；叛亂；暴動raspy:刺耳的；易怒的；粗糙的slobber:流口水；情不自禁地說masterpiece:杰作；絕無僅有的人inferiority:次等；自卑；下部；下屬crucifix:十字架，耶穌受難像swanky:炫耀的；時髦的；愛出風頭的celebrity:名人；名聲pursue:從事；追趕；繼續(xù)；糾纏immature:不成熟的；未成熟的；粗糙的elementary:基本的；初級的；元素的psychoanalyze:用精神分析療法治療分析shiver:顫抖，戰(zhàn)栗；碎片cemetery:墓地；公墓pneumonia:肺炎superintendent:負責人；主管；監(jiān)督人；指揮者cauliflower:花椰菜，菜花crook:彎處，彎曲部分；鉤狀物；騙子，壞蛋underneath:在…的下面；在…的形式下Alaskan:阿拉斯加的；阿拉斯加州的session:會議；（法庭的）開庭buffalo:水牛；野牛lipstick:口紅；唇膏cabin:小屋；客艙；船艙MemorableQuotesIfthere'severanotherwar,I'mgoingtositrightthehellontopofit.I'llvolunteerforit,IsweartoGodIwill.Don'tevertellanybodyanything.Ifyoudo,youstartmissingeverybody.ThereasonIsawher,shehadmycrazyhuntinghaton--youcouldseethathatabouttenmilesaway.Ifanybodytriedtodoanythingphony,theycouldn'tstay.AllthoseIvyLeaguebastardslookalike.MyfatherwantsmetogotoYale,ormaybePrinceton,butIswear,Iwouldn’tgotooneofthoseIvyLeaguecollegesifIwasdying,forGod’ssake.

Themoreexpensiveaschoolis,themorecrooksithas.

Idon’tliketoseeoldguysintheirpajamasandbathrobesanyway.Theirbumpyoldchestsarealwaysshowing.

Healsostartedpickinghisnose.Hemadeoutlikehewasonlypinchingit,buthewasreallygettingtheoldthumbrightinthere.

WhereIhavemyhandonyourback,ifIthinkthereisn’tanythingunderneathmyhand-nocan,nolegs,nofeet,noanything-thenthegirls’reallyaterrificdancer.

IsweartoGod.IfIwereapianoplayeroranactororsomethingandallthosedopesthoughtIwasterrific,I’dhateit.Iwouldn’tevenwantthemtoclapforme.Peoplealwaysclapforthewrongthings.IfIwasapianoplayer,I’dplayitinthegoddamncloset…Inafunnyway,though,Ifeltsortofsorrywhenhewasfinished.Idon’teventhinkheknowsanymorewhenhe’splayingrightornot.Itisn’tallhisfault,Ipartlyblameallthosedopesthatclaptheirheadsoff—they’dfoulupanybody,ifyougavethemachance.

Awoman’sbodyislikeaviolinandall,andthatittakesaterrificmusiciantoplayitright.

Ikeeppicturingalltheselittlekidsplayingsomegameinthisbigfieldofryeandall.Thousandsoflittlekids,andnobody’saround—nobodybig,Imean,exceptme.AndI’mstandingontheedgeofsomecrazycliff.WhatIhavetodo,Ihavetocatcheverybodyiftheystarttogooverthecliff—Imeanifthey’rerunningandtheydon’tlookwherethey’regoingIhavetocomeoutsomewhereandcatchthem.That’sallI’ddoallday.I’djustbethecatcherintheryeandall.Iknowit’scrazy,butthat’stheonlythingI’dreallyliketobe.Iknowit’scrazy.

Peoplearemostlyhottohaveadiscussionwhenyou’renot.

I’malwayssaying“Gladto’vemetyou”tosomebodyI’mnotatallgladImet.

Gist:Superficiallythestoryofayoungman'sexpulsionfromyetanotherschool,'TheCatcherInTheRye'isinfactaperceptivestudyofoneindividual'sunderstandingofhishumancondition.HoldenCaulfield,hasbeenexpelledschoolforpoorachievementonceagain.Inanattempttodealwiththisheleavesschoolafewdayspriortotheendofterm,andgoestoNewYorkto'takeavacation'beforereturningtohisparents'inevitablewrath.Toldasamonologue,thebookdescribesHolden'sthoughtsandactivitiesoverthesefewdays,duringwhichhedescribesadevelopingnervousbreakdown.However,duringhispsychologicalbattle,lifecontinuesonaroundHoldenasitalwayshad,withthemajorityofpeopleignoringthe'madmanstuff'thatishappeningtohim-untilitbeginstoencroachontheirwelldefinedsocialcodes.Progressivelythroughthenovelwearechallengedtothinkaboutsociety'sattitudetothehumancondition-doessocietyhavean'ostrichinthesand'mentality,adeliberateignoranceoftheemptinessthatcancharacterizehumanexistence?MycommentAlthoughprotagonistHoldenCaulfieldisacharacterthatbelongstohalfcenturyago,butfiftyyearslater,Icanstillstronglyfeelwhathehadfeltabout,especiallywhentheidealandrealityiscontradictory.Whenthesocialunrestmadepeopletiredout,theyusedthepsychedelictoescapefromreality,toindulgencethemselves.ButnotthesametoHoldenCaulfield,whoalwayshadapurelandwithoutpollutioninhishearttowatchtherye.Thebiggestsorrowtopeopleisthatwhenwewakeup,wedon’tknowwhereshouldwego.Holdenwassouredabouthergirlfriend’svanity,butatthesametime,becauseofhergreatbeauty,hecouldn’thelpherselftokissher.Hisspiritualworldandtherealityoneconflictwithviolent.Ononehand,heisawake.Hesawthehypocrisyvulgarsideofthecapitalistsociety.Ontheotherhand,heislost.Healwaysdosomethingthatagainsthisideal.AftertheSecondWorldWar,thepeoplewhohadsufferedalotinthecruelwarfarecouldnotfoundcomfortwhiletheirheartswereextremeemptiness.Andsocialturbulencemakethemgetlostaswell.Holden’slivingenvironmentlikeafilthybigdyeingtank,comeupwithsiltbutdon'tdyeishard.Itisreallysad.Inall,Holdenisacontradictedboy.Heiseagertogetawayfromsuchkindoftheworldandlookforthesliceofidealofrye,butatthesametime,hewasinimperceptibleaffec