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1、AnAnalysisofHolden’sGrowingPathofLifeI.IntroductionTheCatcherintheRayistheonlynovelwrittenbyJ.D.Salinger.Withitspublicationin1951,J.D.SalingerbecomesoneofthemostsignificantPost-WorldIIAmericannovelists.ThenovelimmediatelybecomesverypopularinAmericasoonafteritspublicationandhasbeenrepri
2、ntedagainandagain.Inonefromoranother,SalingerisEverybody’sfavoritewiththataudienceofstudents,student’sintellectuals,instructors,andgenerallyliterary,sensitive,andsophisticatedyoungpeoplewhorespondtohimwithaconsciousnessthathespeaksforthemandvirtuallytothem,inalanguagethatispeculiarlyho
3、nestandtheirown,withavisionofthingsthatcapturestheirmostsecretjudgmentsoftheworld.(Harold2)TheCatcherintheRyenarratesaseriesofpicaresqueadventuresofasixteen-year-oldboyintheNewYorkforthreedays.ItbelongstotheAmericaninitiationstoryandhasaveryimportantstatusintheliterature.Americaninitia
4、tionstoryisanovelgenre,whichattachesgreatimportancetogrowingupproblemsoftheadolescence,butithasitsownfeaturesintermsofnarrativestructure,plotandprotagonists.TheprotagonistHoldenCaulfieldbecamealegendaryfigure,andhisacuteadolescentawarenessisthesameasmostsensitivityyoungAmericans.Sincei
5、tspublication,TheCatcherintheRyeisacontroversialliterarywork.SomeveryfamousliterarycriticsincludingJohnAldridge,MaxwellGeismar,LeslieFiedler,GrederickGwymnevendoubtedatthevalueofTheCatcherintheRye.ThissituationlastsuntilWarrenFrenchpublisheshisfirstworkonSalinger:J.D.Salinger.Additiona
6、lcriticismofTheCatcherintheRyeconcentratedonthelanguage,narrativestructure,andculturalcontinuitycomparedwithTheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn,theeducationorinitiationofanadolescent,andHolden’sawarenesscrisis.AndthispaperwillbedissertationtoanalyzethegrowingpathofHoldeninTheCatcherintheRye
7、.Howcanhegetoverthegrowingcrisisfrom“rebellion”to“finalenlightenment?”Especially“nature”,whichHoldenisactuallysearchingfor,containstheexternalnatureworld15andaninnocentworldinhisfantasy.AfterPost-worldWar,moreandmoreyoungpeoplefacedonthemain-adolescencegrowingupcrisisintheAmerica.Dur