• It is a story about a rebellious teenage schoolboy from rich family and his quixotic(唐吉坷德式的) experiences in New York, taking place in December 1949. • Holden Caulfield expelled from the school Pencey Prep （预科学校）for fout times for his poor academic performance。 • He criticizes people for superficial, he would say, “phony.” • His brother died, he's sad. He packs up and leaves the school in the middle of the night after a physical altercation with his roommate. • He takes a train to New York and dare not to return to his family and checks into the perverted（使堕落） Edmont Hotel .
About the author
• He served in the U.S. Army in World War II and participated in the invasion of Normandy on D-Day, 1944. • After gaining international fame with this novel, Salinger spent the rest of his life avoiding publicity. • Salinger died at his home in New Hampshire on January 27, 2010.
(霍尔顿· 考尔菲尔德) narrator and protagonist（主角）, a seventeen year-old high school junior flunked out of prep school several times
rebellious decadent but kind Phoebe （菲比，Holden的妹妹）
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*Holden makes the decision that he will head out west, he mentions these plans to his little sister, He is about to go, he found phoebe came and decided to go with him. *Holden declines her offer and refuses to have her accompany him. This upsets Phoebe, so Holden does her a favor and decides not to leave after all. Holden tries to reverse her saddened mood by taking her to the Central Park Zoo. He realizes his mistakes as she rides the carousel(旋转木马) that lies within the zoo. While watching Phoebe, Holden realizes that he can’t be the “Catcher in the Rye" and that he is in need of help.
Holden’s best respected teacher believes he's a guardian of morality
Sunny （珊妮）
The young prostitute that Maurice sends to Holden room.she seems very young, businesslike and hardened.
Jerome David Salinger
• Jerome David Salinger (杰罗姆· 大卫· 塞格林) born wealthy Judean trader family and grew up in the fashionable apartment district of Manhattan, New York on January 1,1919. （纽约曼哈顿） • After studies in prep schools, he was sent to Valley Forge Military Academy (1934-36) （瓦拉弗格军事学院）
The Catcher in the Rye
麦田里的守望者

The Catcher in the Rye
is a novel by J. D.
Salinger in 1951. It has been listed as one of the best novels of the 20th century. 《麦田里的守望者》 是美国作家塞林格唯 一的一部长篇小说， 该书迄今全球发行量 超过6000万册，是公 认的美国现代文学经 典。
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*Holden spent three days in the city, he trying to join club ,drink, smoke,take drugs and acquaint other girls. *When back to hotel,elevator operator offers to send him a prostitute for five dollars.Holden, depressed and flustered, accepts. *Sally came to seduce him but fail,soon Holden left her 5 dollar and ask her to go,but Maurice and sally back beated him and took 10 dollar away. *But he isn‘t decadent in natural, he feels sympathy to the ducks in winter, he donates money to the nuns. He so missed his sister Phoebe and died brother Alie
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*Once he ends up at a museum, where he contrasts his life with the statues of Eskimos on display. For as long as he can remember, the statues have been unchanging. These concerns may have stemmed largely from the death of his brother, Allie. *He's sad and drunk called Sally but she show indifference to him,he hanging out alone in frozen park. He thought he may die of disease. Eventually, he sneaks into his parents' apartment while they are away, to visit his younger sister, Phoebe, who is nearly the only person he can communicate with. Since he Phoebe views Holden as a hero, and she is naively unaware that Holden's view of her is virtually identical.
• Holden decides not to mention much about the present day, finding it inconsequential. He alludes to "getting sick" and living in a mental hospital, and mentions that he'll be attending another school in September. • The last words of the novel are, "Don't ever tell anybody anything. If you do, you start missing everybody."
我是谁？写书就是写自己
1953年，塞林格亲口对来访的高中生说，在 一定程度上，《麦田里的守望者》就是自己的自 传：“我的少年时代和书中的那个少年非常相 似„„我把这些经历一股脑儿说了出来，心里就 像是卸下了一个大包袱。” 1999年，塞林格曾经的恋人梅纳德一语道破 玄机：“他不肯把《麦田的守望者》搬上银幕的 原因是：这个世界上只有一个人能演霍尔顿·考 尔菲尔德，那就是他自己。只可惜，他现在已经 太老了。”
clever and naive Holden deeply love and respect
Sally Hayes （萨莉，Holden的女友）
attractive girl but he doesn't respect Holden dated her for a long time.