An Analysis of Protagonist Holden’s Growing Confusions in The Catcher in the Rye

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1、AnAnalysisofProtagonistHolden’sGrowingConfusionsinTheCatcherintheRyeAcknowledgmentsWiththecompositionofmythesiscomingtoend,Ihaveatlastobtainedachancetoexpressmyappreciationtomysupervisor,DuManli,whohasencouragedandsupportedmeinwritingthisnovel,TheCatcherintheRye.Ms.Duhasnotonlygivenmeh

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3、fultomyclassmatesfortheirencouragementandhelpthroughoutthefouryears,makingmycollegelifemeaningfulandwonderful.Lastbutnotleast,mysinceregratitudealsoextendstomyparents.Theyprovidemewithprivilegedconditionstocontinuemycollegestudyandtheygivemeselflesscareandloveallthetime.AbstractTheCatc

4、herintheRyeisregardeduniversallyasmodernclassicwhichiswrittenbya“reclusivewriter”inAmerica,JeromeDavidSalinger.Asanovelaboutgrowth,theauthorsucceedsinshapingthisrebelliousyouthimageoftheprotagonistHolden.Inthisnovel,HoldenrecallshislifeexperienceofwanderinginNewYorkafterbeingfiredbythe

5、schoolinfirstperson.However,theexperiencehasbecomeajourneyinwhichheloseshimself.ThefictionreflectsvividlyHolden’sspiritualworldexperiencedandconfusionofgrowthintheprocessofenteringtheadultexperienceinthestorytoescape.ThispaperplanstoanalyzeHolden’sthecontradictionandconflictsinthegrowi

6、ngprocessfromhislivingenvironmentandcharacterandotheraspects,combinedwiththefamousAmericanpsychologistEriksson'sidentitycrisistheorytoanalyzetheconfusionofHolden'sgrowthandreasons.Holdenhassufferedfromindispensableconfusionsofgrowththatallyouthmetinadolescenceduringhisgrowingprocesswhi

7、chheexploreshopelesslyandhelplessly,butatthesametimehehasgainedideologicalchangeandspiritualinsightintheprocess.Hisgrowthexperiencehasaprofoundpracticalsignificancefortheyoungpeopleofallage.Keyworlds:Holden;youth;growth;confusion;identitycrisis摘要美国“遁世”作家杰罗姆·大卫·塞林格所著的《麦田里的守望者》是公认的美国现代