篇一：麦田里的守望者章节概括】
chapter 1
the catcher in the rye begins with a statement by the narrator,
holden caulfield, that he will not recount his “ lousy ” childhood and “ all that david copperfield kind of crap ” because such
details bore him. he describes his parents as nice but “ touchy
as he ll. ” instead, holden vows to relate what happened to him around last christmas, before he had to take it easy. he also mentions his brother, d.b., who is nearby in hollywood “ being
a prostitute. ” holden was a student at pencey prep in
agerstown, pennsylvania, and he mocks their advertisements, which claim to have been molding boys into clear-thinking young men since 1888.
holden begins his story during the saturday of the football game with saxon hall, which is supposed to be a big deal at pencey. selma thurmer, the daughter of the headmaster, is at the game, but holden is not. although she is unattractive and a bit pathetic, to holden she seems nice enough because she avoids lavishing praise upon her father. holden, the manager of the fencing team, has just returned from new york with the team. although they were supposed to have a meet with the mcburney school, holden left the foils on the subway. the fencing team became furious with holden, but he cannot help but find humor in the bad situation. holden has not gone to the game as a result of his sudden unpopularity. instead he chooses to say goodbye to spencer, his history teacher, who knows that holden is not coming back to pencey. it turns out that holden has recently been expelled for failing four classes. chapter two
holden finds spencer ' s house somewhat depressing, smelling
of vicks nose drops and clearly underscoring the old age of its inhabitants. mr. spencer sits in a ratty old bathrobe and asks holden to sit down. holden tells him that dr. thurmer lectured him about how “life is a game ” and that one should 麦田里的守望者读书笔记“ play it
according to the rules ”jus—t before he expelled him. mr.
spencer replies that dr. thurmer was correct, but holden holds
to the thought that life is only a game if you are on the right side.
holden tells mr. spencer that his parents will be upset, for this is his fourth private school so far. holden recounts that, at sixteen, he is over six feet tall and has some gray hair, but still acts like a child, as others often tell him. spencer says that he met with holden ' s parents, who are “ grand ” people, but holden
dismisses that word as “ phony. ” spencer then tells holden that
he failed him in history because he knew nothing. spencer reads him his exam essay about
the egyptians, which is woefully inadequate. at the end of the exam, holden left a note for mr. spencer admitting that he was not interested in the egyptians despite spencer ' s interesting lectures, noting that he
would accept if mr. spencer failed him.
as holden and mr. spencer continue to talk, holden ' s mind
wanders to the ducks in central park. he wonders how they suddenly vanish in the winter and where they go. when spencer asks why holden quit elkton hills, he replies that it is a long story. in short, the people there were phonies. he mentions the particular quality of the headmaster, mr. haas, who would be charming toward everyone except the “ fun-ny
looking parents. ” holden claims he has little interest in the
future, and he assures spencer that he is just going through a phase. as hold en leaves, he hears spencer say “ good luck, ” a
phrase that he particularly loathes.
analysis
in chapter 1, j.d. salinger has his protagonist begin the catcher in the rye with a bold and sarcastic declaration. holden immediately rejects the idea that the events that he describes in the novel consist of his life story or that this story is indicative of any larger message. he eschews the dickensian idea of literature in novels like david copperfield, in which the plot and narrative progress with a moral message, and he does not intend to inspire sympathy for himself like another david copperfield or oliver twist. besides, he is probably at a boarding school because his parents are wealthy. instead of pointing toward a moral, he adopts a discursive style with no concrete message. his story is what it is, and holden ' s story is
his own, not really a cautionary tale for others. as holden
insists, his tale exists independent of any larger meaning or message.
nevertheless, a reader might pick up on salinger ' s tuhsee of
conventions of a cautionary tale; there is something human about his experience that may well teach us something about not living badly. holden indicates that he has to “ take it easy
at a new place, strongly implying that he now is receiving psychiatric or psychological help. the details in the first chapter already indicate that he has pursued an aimless, selfdestructive path. expelled from school for failing several classes, holden essentially describes himself as a perpetual failure. even worse, in his failings he appears to have a strong disregard for others. his solipsistic self-destruction makes him unable to grasp the consequences of his actions, such as when he chooses humor and argues that he somehow is not responsible after he loses the fencing equipment on the trip to new york.
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