The Catcher in the Rye(麦田里的守望者)
麦田里的守望者(麦田里的守望者)
Number of Page:220
页数:220
Content:The protahonist,Holden Caulfield,told the experiences and feelings of himself wondering around the New York City,trying to escape from the hypocritical and pretentious world of adults and find teh purity and truth after being dismissed from school.
内容:protahonist,Holden Caulfield,讲述了自己在纽约市四处游荡的经历和感受,试图逃离成年人虚伪和自命不凡的世界,并在被学校开除后找到纯洁和真理。
Moral Value:The novel reveal and betray a strong distain towards the sham and false and the desire of finding the real,the true and beauty of nature in the adults' world.The classical and typical image of the protagonist has influenced seveal generations of teenagers in the United Sates.
道德价值:小说揭示并背叛了人们对成人世界中虚假和虚伪的强烈蔑视,以及寻求真实、真实和美丽的愿望。主人公的经典和典型形象影响了美国几代青少年。
Author: Roald Dahl
Tittle: The Twits
page number:95
publisher :Knopf Books for Young Readers
Summary
This story is talking about the two characters called The Twits who were ugly, smelly and nasty .They always play tricks on each other. The tricks is a bit disgust but funny. Besides , there were some unusual characteristics of them , just like they did not have a shower or take a bath for many years and they love to eat “bird-pie”.
The Feelings Afterwards
There were many special tricks in the book , “The Glass Eye” were one of them .
Mrs Twit likes to let Mr Twit know that she is always watching him. She does this by placing her glass eye into Mr Twit's mug of beer at the breakfast table. This makes Mr Twit always jump in shock. Although the trick was not the most originality one , as Roald Dah’s words were really vivid, mr twit’s surprised expression and mrs twit’s happy face after the trick just like living in front of me , it became the trick I love the most .
The colorful word also make the characters active . Roald Dah had made a successful creation of two very distinct personality role , mr and mrs twit . Mrs twit who once very beautiful , but thinking ugly thoughts caused her to transform into the ugliest woman in the world and always use her cane as a weapon against children and animals. Mr twit , a trollish person and a beer drinker having hair that covers his whole face, except for his forehead, eyes and his nose.
On the whole, although part of the book were quite disgust , the lively text and the attractive role made the book full of color and made it a unforgettable and remarkable book .