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Salinger:WhoamI?TheCatcherintheRyeWriter:Salinger.Ithastheglobalcirculationofmorethan60millioncopies.ItisregardedasclassicofmodernAmericanliteratureHero:HoldenCaulfield1Inmiddleschool:tiredofschoollife,failsinthefinalexaminations.2Inhotel:aprostitute3Onthestreet:twonuns(修女)4Withhisgirlfriend:breakup5Withhisclassmate;getsdrunk6Inhome:tellshissisterhisidealdream7Inhisteacher'shouse：gay8Meetshissisteragain.Afterthesecondworldwar,Americabecamethemostpowerfulcountryintheworld,peoplegotalotofmoneyatthattime.Utilitarianism(实利主义)waspopular.peoplefeltemptyspirituallyandlostthemselves.Peopledidnotcareeachother.Holden'sdream:“Anyway,Ikeeppicturingalltheselittlekidsplayingsomegameinthisbigfieldofryeandall.Thousandsoflittlekids,andnobody'saround--nobodybig,Imean--exceptme.AndI'mstandingontheedgeofsomecrazycliff.WhatIhavetodo,Ihavetocatcheverybodyiftheystarttogooverthecliff--Imeanifthey'rerunningandtheydon'tlookwherethey'regoingIhavetocomeoutfromsomewhereandcatchthem.That'sallI'ddoallday.I'djustbethecatcherintheryeandall.Iknowit'scrazy,butthat'stheonlythingI'dreallyliketobe.”Ontheonehand,itreflectsHolden’sresistancetodirtyreality,showinghismovingtenacity,thathenevergivesupthepursuitofself.Ontheotherhand,itshowstherealityofhisvastdivisionofrealityselfandidealself,positiveandnegativestateofmixedmind.Uniquesecondpersonnarrativeperspective:youArousethereader'sparticipation“Ifyoureallywanttohearaboutit,thefirstthingyou'llprobablywanttoknowiswhereIwasborn,andwhatmylousychildhoodwaslike,andhowmyparentswereoccupiedandallbeforetheyhadme,andallthatDavidCopperfieldkindofcrap,butIdon'tfeellikegoingintoit,ifyouwanttoknowthetruth。”——Thebeginningofthenovel1.letthereadersfollowblindlywithhisthreedaysofexperience.2.Findouttheansweroflifewithabigquestionmark.3.Profoundlyexperiencehisheartpain.You(readers)Broughtthereadersanuniquefeelingofreading.Changeablenarrativetime：ThemixofStorytimeandnarrativetimeThetalkbetweenHoldenandyouisthestoryofthepast,aboutHoldenhimself,isaflashback;Relatedexperienceinthepastthreedaysandtwonightswanderinglife,isnarrativeinorder.TheCatcherintheRyesubtlychangedthetraditionaltimesequence.Thecombinationofflashbacksandorderwasappliedtoclipandarrangethecomplexityanddiversityofthestory.Thestateofthedifferenttimesuperposition,gavethereadersabetterunderstandingoftheyounghero’life,andthecontradiction,confusionanduncertaintyintheprocessofpubertygrowth.Chattingnarrative:Showstheyounghero’slifegrowthIntheCatcherintheRye,Holdenappearsinamentalhospital.Throughhischatting,thenovelconvertshisactivityspace.Holdensawandfeltinacertainplaceineverychapter:suchasEdmundhotels,clubs,cinemas.InBroadway,hewitnessedthedarksideofthesociety;Heexperiencedincentralparkwithhisgirlfriend;InhisownhomehefelthappywithhissisterPhoebe;Heshowedhisnostalgiainschool,historymuseumandotherplaces;Atlast,Holdenwastreatedbydoctors,butherefusedtogrowup.Searchingforloveandrealityinaworldoffalse,wehadexperiencedtheupsanddownsofHolden’semotion.Holdenstartedtounderstandthebroadadultworld,whichlethimknowalotoffactsofavarietyofevilshiddenintheveilofcivilizedThegreatsuccessofthenovelisindispensabletoitsuniquenarrativeway,itnotonlyincreasestherealismofthenovel,butalsofurtherenhancesthedepthofthetheme.Therefore,theCatcherintheRyeisaworthyclassicwithaperfectcombinationofcontentandform.ItsuccessfullyreproducedtheAmericanteenspiritworldafterthesecondworldwar.Summary