Abstract:Holden Caulfield is the protagonist of the novel The Catcher in the Rye, which is the American famous writer Jerome David Salinger’s novel, and Holden mentions his dream many times. This thesis uses related grounds of argument of some critics and scholars to show that Holden is a teenager full of love, but he lives in a phony world without warmth and love. The hypocrisy and affectation of the adult society lead to his loneliness and failure. It analyzes further the process of catching and disillusion of his dream, including the immaturity of mind, the longing for understanding and the seeking without result. The thesis aims at revealing further the unreality of his dream and the necessity of disillusion. All reflect Holden’s depressed spiritual home, and his resisting and frustration for the ugly reality.
Key words: Dream; Catching; Phony world; Disillusion
中文摘要:霍尔顿·考尔菲尔德是美国著名作家杰罗姆·塞林格的长篇小说《麦田里的守望者》中的主人公，霍尔顿多次提到自己的梦想。本文运用相关评论家的相关观点以及一些具体事例来展示霍尔顿是一个充满爱心并渴望爱的少年，但他却生活在一个缺少温暖和爱的虚假世界里。成人社会的虚伪与做作导致了他的内心寂寞和个人的失败。文章进一步分析他守望梦想和梦想一步一步走向幻灭的过程，包括心智的不成熟，对理解的渴求，无果的追寻，旨在揭示其梦想的非现实性及幻灭的必然，反映霍尔顿苦闷的精神世界以及他对丑恶的现实的抗争和无奈。
关键词：梦想；守望；虚假世界；幻灭
