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

PAGE 2 共2页 第2页 一个寻找人生意义的男孩——《麦田守望者》中的霍尔顿 A Boy in Search of the Meaning of Life—— Holden Caulfield in The Catcher in the Rye Contents Abstract………………….…..…………………………………………….1 Key words…………..……….…………………..…………………………...1 I. Introduction………………...……………………...…………………..….2 II. The Synopsis of The Catcher in the Rye……...……..……………….….2 III. The Backgrounds of The Catcher in the Rye…………………………..3 IV. The Thematic Analysis………….…………………………………..…..4 1 Enjoying and adoring abundant goods …………………………..…4 2 Returning to nature and defending the childrens pure spiritual world ….…5 3 Holdens psychological journey: escape, struggle, fantasy and compromise….6 4 Generation gap between children and adults……………………...……...7 V. Themes of The Catcher in the Rye……….……………………………..8 1 Innocence……………………………………..………………………8 2 Death………..………………………………………………………….8 3 Loneliness……….………………..……………………………………8 4 Alienation………………………………..…………………………….9 5 Sexual confusion……...…………………..………………………………9 VI. My Views on Holden Caulfield………….……………...………………9 References……………………………………….………………………...10  第  PAGE 11 页 共 11 页 A Boy in Search of the Meanings of Life ——Holden Caulfield in The Catcher in the Rye Abstract：As countercultural revolt began to grow during the 1950s and 1960s, The Catcher in the Rye was frequently read as a tale of an individuals alienation within a heartless world. Holden seemed to stand for young people everywhere, who felt themselves beset on all sides by pressure to grow up and live their lives according to the rules, to disengage from meaningful human connection, and to restrict their own personalities and conform to a bland cultural norm. Many readers saw Holden Caufield as a symbol of pure, unfettered individuality in the face of cultural oppression. Because Salinger used slang and profanity in his text and because he discussed adolescent sexuality in a complex and open way, many readers were offended, and The Catcher in the Rye provoked great controversy