麦田的守望者英文读后感

第一篇：麦田的守望者英文读后感

Mid-Term Essay Writing

Directions: Write an analytical essay in about 600 words on J.D.Salinger’s novel The Catcher in the Rye.Your essay should include:(1)a relevant topic;(2)a discussion of one important theme you obtained from the novel;(3)how this theme is related to your own life experience;(4)a natural conclusion in the end of the essay.Because of Dreams

Generally, all of us may have our own particular dreams, to be a doctor, a teacher, a politician, a businessman or a … The life is just like a long and challengeable journey, and dreams will always direct us on the journey till we succeed.Because of dreams, we dare to face different difficulties and stress;because of dreams, we can stand utmost pains and sufferings;because of dreams, we never change our positive attitudes towards life.After reading J.D.Salinger’s novel The Catcher in the Rye, I fully perceive the importance, meaning and power of dreams.The Catcher in the Rye mainly tells a 16-year-old middle school boy-Holden’s life in New York City.At first, Holden is not good at study, and he is expelled from the school for many times.In the teachers and parents’ view, he may be a bad boy who is always anxious, traitorous, crazy, degenerate and demoralized, and lives an immoral and unexamined life.He is addicted in smoking, drinking and makes no progress.However, he has a quite good understanding of the fact of capitalist society, which is filled with hypocrisy, vanity, folly and philistinism.Holden has a simple and pure dream that he wants to be a catcher in the rye, and just this dream that prevents him from being degenerate, brings him some hopes and confidence, and finally changed his life.From this point, we can find the profound effects of dreams on one’s life.Without his pure dream, Holden may condescend to the end.It is his simple faith that enables him to survive in the capitalist society.Judging from my own experiences, there also many people live a life like Holden’s.They gradually forget their grand ideals, and waste time every day.Instead of study, they are addicted in playing computer games, smoking, drinking.Some always goes to cybercafés, ballrooms, pubs and some even breaks the law.Such kind of behavior hurts their parents

and those who care about them.Therefore, without reasonable dreams, one may have nothing to do.On the other hand, if one has dreams, his life may be different and colorful.Dreams can provide us with infinite power because they may force us to seek truth, to have a good understanding of ourselves, form a healthy habit, and live a happy life.During the process to achieve one’s goals, he can learn a lot and gain much useful experience.We students are a group of new forces in the new era, and we have naturally got used to bewilderment and vexation, but we need to focus on the front way and to be confident and ambitious.Though sometimes barriers may stand in the way of our dreams, we should face it bravely instead of escaping from them.What’s more, we need to accept the fact that not everyone is going to approve the choices we have made.The most important thing is to have faith in our own judgment, and catch the star that twinkles in our hearts, and it will lead us to success.Then take pride in the accomplishments because they are stepping-stones to our dreams.Understand that we may make mistakes, but do not let them discourage us.Value our capabilities and talents for they are what make us truly unique, and we may acquire a lot through hard work and determination.The journey of the dreamer is a belief in ourselves and it forges passion into our characters.The dream becomes a pillar of hopes that we can trust in, lean on and learn from.Therefore, do not let anyone steal our dreams, or try to tell us that they are impossible.If the dreams are big enough, the facts don’t count.Where there is a dream, there is a way!Let dreams continue to guide my life journey!

第二篇：麦田守望者英文读后感

I have never thought so thin a book which is called The Catcher in the Rye can influence me so much.It makes me feel very impressive.And after reading this book, I have aroused many thoughts about it.In today’s literature world, The Catcher in the Rye is to be recognized as a modern classic.After reading this book, adults can increase the understanding of teenagers;young people can increase the understanding of their future life.No matter whom after reading this book will improve their ability about to be vigilant against the reality.It also can make you choose one self-reliance way to your future easily.This book told us a profound significance story.The leading character of this novel Holden hated all the hypocritical things and really wanted to pursuit the pure reality at first.Because of the development of his society, he finally submits to the development process of the social reality.It deeply show the loneliness, loss, pain of younger generation which is grow up after the World War II in U.S.Well, I think that though Holden used to seeing the reality of Bourgeois society, and he must compromise with realistic society in the end, he also have many courage to have a try to rebel against the hypocritical world.This spirit should be set up if we want to improve the process of the world.Now, we live in a country, which is in great reformation, and everything in the process of changing development.Well, with the development of our country;people's thought also is in the change.At the same time, many people’s thoughts start confusion and depression.They forgotten their initial dreams and have no enthusiasm gradually.So, in the end, they began to yearn for mediocrity and have nothing to do.Perhaps we can learn from this book to find our own shadow.To a certain extent that it reflects many characteristics of the adolescents, and we can also see the dark side of the society.With the material’s progress, the spiritual world is inevitably producing some changes.At that time, what we need is a change which can make our dream into a reality.Therefore, what we should do is not to hope, not to wait, not to complain, but from now on, just start from your own efforts and watch your initial dream.You’d try your best to create the life you want with your own hands.

第三篇：麦田守望者读后感

读《麦田里的守望者》有感

《麦田里的守望者》是美国作家杰罗姆·大卫·塞林格唯一的一部长篇小说，享年91岁，一九一九年生于美国纽约城，父亲是做奶酪和火腿进口生意的犹太商人，家境相当富裕。塞林格十五岁的时候，被父母送到宾夕法尼亚州一个军事学校里住读，据说《麦田里的守望者》中关于寄宿学校的描写，很大部分是以那所学校为背景的，一九三六年，塞林格在军事学校毕业，取得了他毕生唯一的一张文凭。从一九四零年在《小说》杂志上发表他的头一个短篇小说起，到一九五一年出版他的长篇小说《麦田里的守望者》止，在十余年中他共发表了二十多个短篇，有些短篇还在《老爷》、《纽约人》等著名刊物上发表，使他在文学界有了一点点名气。而《麦田里的守望者》则使他一举成名。主人公霍尔顿是当代美国文学中最早出现的反英雄形象，这一形象尤其得到青少年的普遍认同。一时间，就像模仿少年维特一样，模仿霍尔顿的言语行动和穿着，成了当时的一种时尚。从《麦田里的守望者》出版后，他写作的进度越来越慢，十年只出版三个中篇和一个短篇，后来甚至不再发表作品。《麦田里的守望者》是关于16、17岁的青少年在离开学校后在社会上游荡三天所经历的和内心所感受的，作者赛林格借鉴了意识流天马行空的写作方法，充分探索了一个十几岁少年的内心世界。主人公的经历和思想在青少年中引起强烈共鸣，受到读者，特别是大中学生的热烈欢迎。《纽约时报》的书评写道：在美国，阅读《麦田里的守望者》就像毕业要获得导师的首肯一样重要。其后，《麦田里的守望者》直接影响了这一类小说的创作。

刚看到这个书名时我以为这本书写的是关于一个麦田守望者与命运抗争得到成功之类的故事，即使是和命运五官也是要与成败有关的。当我看完这本书的时候，我知道自己想错了，但是我并没有明白作者究竟想写的是什么，我没有看懂这个16、17的少年霍尔顿·考尔菲尔德的世界究竟是怎样的。我所看到的是：他生活得很迷茫；他的考试都挂掉了；他被自己的高中退学了；他的弟弟死了；他所喜欢的女孩和自己的同学约会；他不知道该如何适应当时的社会；他讨厌周围的一切事物；他认为他身边的人和事物多充满了虚伪和欺骗；他想要离开自己现在所处的环境去一个没有人认识他的地方重新生活，但当他离开时她的妹妹菲

比想和她一起走，却最总没有走成。

作者用了大量的俗语和粗语来写这本书，表面上通俗，实际上很有深意。在我看完小说又查找了作者写作时的相关背景和名人对这本书的评价后，我对《麦田里的守望者》又有了更深的理解。这本书是以二战结束后的美国的背景，反映的是像霍尔顿一样的少年他们的混乱矛盾的人生观和道德观，他们没有明确的抗争，只是在内心处纠结。在霍尔顿的心中，当时的美国青少年所处的世界是一个虚伪的、丑恶的，所有的美好事物像是那些天真无邪的儿童都会被这个世界所玷污，于是他想做一个麦田守望者，“有那么一群小孩子在一大块麦田里做游戏。几千几万个小孩子，附近没有一个人——没有一个大人，我是说——除了我。我呢，就在那混帐的悬崖边。我的职务是在那儿守望，要是有哪个孩子往悬崖边奔来，我就把他捉住——我是说孩子们都在狂奔，也不知道自己是在往哪儿跑。我得从什么地方出来，把他们捉住。我整天就干这样的事。我只想当个麦田里的守望者。”他想保护那些孩子不受到外界的影响、不被世俗所玷污，可是他无法与命运抗争，在他觉得一切都将如他所愿，向妹妹话别之后就可以踏上离家的旅程之时，妹妹菲比却执意要求要随他同去。霍尔顿心头一阵惊恐，随即改变了主意，和妹妹回家。他的幻想是自己远离家庭和这个“恶浊”的社会，标志着自己成熟长大，而妹妹这样“天真无邪”的儿童在舒适的家居生活中各得其所。然而妹妹执意随他同去，在他描绘的美妙图画上涂了极不和谐的一笔，最终从憎恶虚伪、追求纯真到最终屈从社会现实。

我其实现在同霍尔顿一样，我刚刚步入大学，对未来的美好生活充满着向往，但也存在着困惑和迷惘，我需要学着成长，需要学着去规划自己的未来，我不会像霍尔顿一样的生活。生活需要抗争，需要我们无畏的前行，了解自己未来的前进方向，只有如此我们才能创造出属于自己的一片天地。

第四篇：麦田守望者读后感

篇一：麦田守望者读后感

霍尔顿如果不是个少年，而是个中老年人，那他可真烦人。《麦田守望者》里的这位主人公，看什么都不顺眼。他讨厌学校，讨厌同学，讨厌父母。他甚至讨厌那些喜欢说“祝你好运”的人，以及那些说“很高兴认识你”的人，以及在钢琴演奏中瞎鼓掌的人。他当然还讨厌数学物理地理历史以及除了写作之外的一切学科。一个甚至无法从学习中得到乐趣的人，可真烦人。

关键是他的痛苦也没有什么“社会根源”。生活在他的时代和国家，他既不能抱怨“扭曲人性*的专制社会”，也不能抱怨“愚蠢的应试教育”，他只是用鸡毛蒜皮的方式讨厌着那些鸡毛蒜皮的事情而已。

但这一切唧唧歪歪，都可以以“无辜少年反抗压抑的社会秩序”的名义而被宽容，甚至被喝彩——据说后来美国有很多青少年刻意模仿霍尔顿——因为他是个少年。在青春的掩护下，颓废是勇气，懒惰是反抗，空虚是性*感。有一段时间甚至有人为此类文艺作品起了个类型名称，叫做“残酷青春”。简直没有比这更无赖的词了：什么叫残酷青春？老年残不残酷？残酷到人们都懒得理会它的残酷。童年残不残酷？残酷到都孩子们都无力表达它的残酷。更不要说倒霉的中年，残酷到所有人的残酷都归咎于它的残酷。所以说到残酷，青春哪有那么悲壮，简直可以垫底。

但也许《麦田守望者》并不仅仅是一部青春小说。它是关于一个人在看透人生之注定失败后如何说服自己去耐心地完成这个失败的小说。小说里，中学生霍尔顿想：好好学习是为什么呢？为了变得聪明。变得聪明是为什么呢？为了找到好工作。工作又是为什么呢？为了买卡迪拉克。买卡迪拉克又是为什么呢？天知道。

当然他可以追求别的：知识、文学、音乐、和心爱的人坐在床边说话，以及思考“中央公园的鸭子冬天上哪儿去了”。但是，追求这些，他就远离了愤怒，而愤怒——只有愤怒——是感知自我最快捷的方式。

其实仔细想想，霍尔顿面对的“社会”并没有那么可恶。无论是室友、女友或老师，似乎都不是什么黑暗势力，只是一群“不好不坏”的人而已。如果作者以第一人称写他们，也许会是一个一模一样的故事。但这个社会最糟糕的地方，也许恰恰是它甚至不那么糟糕——这些不好不坏的人，以他们的不好不坏，无情剥夺了霍尔顿愤怒的资格，而愤怒——至少愤怒——是一个人感知自我最快捷的方式。

其实满世界都是霍尔顿。16岁的霍尔顿，30岁的霍尔顿，60岁的霍尔顿。他们看透了世界之平庸，但无力超越这平庸。他们无力成为“我”，但又不屑于成为 “他”。他们感到痛苦，但是真的，连这痛苦都很平庸——这世上有多少人看透人生之虚无并感到愤怒，而这愤怒早就不足以成为个性*、不足以安慰人心。事实上自从愤怒成为时尚，它简直有些可鄙。

所以《麦田守望者》最大的悖论就是逃跑。一方面，霍尔顿渴望逃到西部，装个聋哑人，了此一生；但是另一方面，他又想做个“麦田守望者”，将那些随时可能坠入虚无的孩子们拦住。整个小说里，最打动我的不是关于“麦田”的那段经典谈话，而是另一幕：霍尔顿经过两天的游荡已经筋疲力竭，过马路的时候，每走一步，都似乎在无限下沉，然后他想到了他死去的弟弟艾里。他在心里对艾里说：亲爱的艾里，别让我消失，别让我消失，请别让我消失。

《从头再来》里，崔健唱道：我想要离开，我想要存在。在同一首歌里，他又唱到：我不愿离开，我不愿存在。

我想霍尔顿也许不是真的愤怒，他只是恐惧。他只是对自己的虚空人生感到恐惧，而出于自尊心，我们总是把恐惧表达成傲慢。他还热爱小说呢，他还热爱音乐呢，他还热爱小妹妹菲比脸上的笑容呢。最后霍尔顿之所以没有去西部，也许并不是因为软弱，因为就算到了西部，也得找工作，也得去超市买1块钱3斤的土豆，身边还是会有无数喜欢说“很高兴认识你”和“祝你好运”的人。与其到远方去投靠并不存在的自由，不如就地发掘生活中那尚可期待的部分——小说音乐和小妹妹的笑容，善待因为迷路而停落到自己手心的那一寸时光，等那个注定的失败从铁轨那头驶来时，闭上眼睛，呼拉，干净利落地消失。

篇二：麦田守望者读后感

翻开J·D·赛格林的《麦田守望者》，封面的天空 是纯净的湛蓝色，一片金黄的麦田一直延伸到地平线的尽头。远方，一个孤独少年的守望身影在灼眼的阳光下倾斜着投在那大片的金黄上。

赛格林的书在他人看来活是一本“教育小说”。的确，主人公是一个大家眼里的“问题学生”，再被学校 开除后游荡于纽约街头。在这几天中，他看到并且看透了成人世界的种种丑恶，与他童年中那个理想的世界相去甚远。于是，他便幻想守望自己的最后一片麦田，做“纯真”的守护神。但现实的残酷最终逼得他精神崩溃，最后只得在疗养院度过余生。

不知道为什么，面对这本令教育家们争执已久的书，我却有一种想流泪的感觉。

合上书，封面上少年的背影又一次让我有些莫名的感动，眼角湿湿的。想起以前曾在哪本杂志中看到过一个名为“麦田守望者“的乐队，那群年轻人是因为共同的爱好——喜欢《麦田守望者》这本书才这样走到了一起。打开Mp4，听着《在路上》，吉他朴质自然地音色顿时流淌出来，是那种令人怀念的调子。“我们没有理想/流浪没有方向/总是梦中麦田/守着一片金黄”主唱有些沙哑似经风霜的声音陡然使我联系到了那位的少年，在纷乱的闹市中坚毅地守望着心灵的最后一片麦田。

抬头，窗外的天空已不再湛蓝。静静远眺，我多想就在眼前寻找到自己的麦田。但满街汽车的轰鸣声与遮挡住视线的高楼大厦，嘲笑般地打破了我的幻想。许多黑暗将心中的麦田包围，什么也看不见。心也会渐渐变得麻木吧，在虚伪的世界中仿？着，有谁还在守望自己的麦田？

也许，他们不是这样……我的思考又渐渐退回遥远的历史长河中，我惊喜 地发现了许多“麦田守望者”们的身影在浪花中闪烁。庄子与濮水之畔守望，心如澄澈秋水，心如不系之舟。面对官场功名，他持杆不顾，保留了心中金黄的麦田；于是历史记录了他那至今还在茫茫天域回荡的声音：“往矣！吾将曳尾于涂中。”与之相隔百年后，凡·高在世界的另一端守望，他深爱着欧维尔那片灿烂的麦田。他的作品中便充斥着与这个世界不和谐的热烈，难以为世人所接受。他是在欧维尔的麦田中选择离去的。当夕阳欲颓，金黄热烈的麦田中一个最后的守望者绽放出自己最后的美丽，那片灿烂的麦田会陪伴他走向天堂。

他们是麦田守望者，在红尘滚滚、物欲横流的世界中坚守着心中的最后一块圣地。回望从前，许多“守望者”们站在风扬起的麦田边，目光坚定淡然，望向远方。尼采，北岛，海明威……大片大片的金色麦浪在我的记忆中摇曳。

我想，我也要做个麦田守望者。纵然会孤独，会寂寞，但我也想像赛格林笔下的少年一样，守望自己最后的麦田。

让我们成为麦田守望者吧。守望最初的纯真、善良，守望一片金黄。

篇三：麦田守望者读后感

《麦田里的守望者》是美国作家塞林格带有自传性质的一部小说。小说主人公霍尔顿因5门功课中的4门不及格而被学校开除，但他又因种种因素而无法回家，于是在外漂泊流浪了两个多星期，他原本打算到西部去，但因妹妹菲芘的跟随而打消了这个念头。他最大的愿望是做一名麦田里的守望者，保护在麦田里玩耍的孩子不掉下悬崖去，但最终，他在大病了一场之后不得不再回到学校继续上课。大病也就意味着霍尔顿的大彻大悟，意味着一个人的生活最终要与现实接轨，意味着我们的叛逆是错误的。

主人公身上充满了叛逆色彩，他打架、逃课、吸烟、酗酒、等等，都是青春期孩子身上典型的叛逆特征，他厌恶学校，以及学校里的老师、同学等一切的人和事，他总是希望逃离现实生活而到自己理想的世界中去，却又一次一次被现实打击的失望彷徨，一次次的提醒着他，理想与现实之间是具有差距的。的确是这样，理想与现实之间存在着反差，你的理想，往往就是你在现实中无法得到却又渴望得到的东西，现实越糟糕，理想就更美好。而理想只有通过我们的努力才能够得到实现。小说中主人公的理想很美好也很朴素，但对于他来说，依然是很难实现的。他只是一个十几岁的孩子，还没有自己独立生活的能力，因此他不能也不可能离开家离开父母独自一人到西部去生活。小说的最后，也许正因为作者认识到理想的不切实际，才乖乖的回到了家，回到了学校。

现实中的我们也是如此，和主人公霍尔顿有着一样的叛逆，总想着脱离社会规则而按照自己一个人的意愿去生活，然而理想和现实之间存有差距，人本来就是群体动物，成年人也不可能脱离社会而完全独立的一个人存在，更何况是还没有自立能力的我们呢？但也不要否认理想的存在，正因为有正确的理想鼓励我们，引导我们，我们才能够不断发展、不断进步。

理想和现实之间是有距离的，承认现实是我们实现理想的基础，而美好的理想又是鞭策我们不断进步的动力，只有正确的把握好理想与现实的关系，以现实为基础，以理想为目标，脚踏实地，我们才能不断前进，实现自己远大的理想。

第五篇：麦田守望者读后感

The Catcher in the Rye

The novel tells us a story that took place in December 1949 in America.The story starts with Holden Caulfield who is a seventeen-year-old boy, a narrator of this book and the leading role of the Catcher.He wants to tell us something about him that took place over a two-day period’s wandering experience in the New York City.It is not only an uncomfortable but vivid trace of a middle school student, but it also criticizes the artificial of the society.The story is consisted of Holden's memories about his encounters he has had with students and the faculty of Pencey Prep.He criticizes them for being so superficial and artificial, and he often says, “Phony.”

At the beginning, Holden is at the Pencey Prep, which is a very exclusive private school in Pennsylvania.On the Saturday afternoon, there is a traditional football game with school rival, Saxon Hall, but Holden misses the game.As a manager of the fencing team, he managed to lose the team's equipment on the subway on that morning;as a result, the match is cancelled.Holden has been expelled by his school, but he can not go back to his home until Christmas.Later he is going to the home of his history teacher, Mr.Spencer, to say good-bye to him.Mr.Spencer is an old man who is well-meaning but long-winded.Holden wears his new red hunting cap after back from Mr.Spencer and he begins to read.But his reverie is only temporary;a dormitory neighbor who is named Ackley always disturbs him.Later, Holden has a argue with his roommate, Stradlater, because he is not satisfied with the composition which Holden has written for him about Holden's deceased brother Allie's baseball gloves.So the two roommates fight, Stradlater winning easily.Holden catches a train to New York City.Next things are what he does in New York City and something he recalls about his little sister.From the story, we could know that most of the people in the 50s in America hardly have their ideals;they are very depression, and they live in a very terrible life, maybe because they are unable to change their social situation.And the leading role Holden is one of these people.And he is the typical of teenagers who has individual and complex personality.When he is in the school, he is smoking, drinking and not progress;and he always fails in the final examination.But he is also a childishness people, he has the pursuit of better life and he also has a beautiful ideal;and he has a bad feeling of the people who is like to talk about women and wine.What is more? When he sees the nasty words written on the wall, he would wipe them off angrily;he is very generous when he sees the nuns are donating thing for the victims.All of these indicate that he is a very kind-hearted boy, is not it?

He has a little sister named Philip;he loves her very much.And he gives sincere love to her and take care of her because there is a beautiful and distant ideal in his heart----that is to be a “the catcher in the rye”.Although his desire is so simple and sincere, but the realistic society is filled of deceit.And he is unable to change the situation, so he is just depression, hesitation and wallow;and finally, he even wants to escape from the real world, and pretend as a deaf and dumb people.It is so sadness!

This just happens in 50s, and we are a group of new power lives in a new time.Of course, we would have confusion and troubles too, but we need more encouragement and courage, instead of the hesitation and wallow, and we also should have ideal and ambitious.When we are children, we are filled with the hope of our future;we want to be scientists, doctors, nurses and teachers and so on like these.I believe that Holden must fall off at the end without his pure ideal, so I think it is his ideal let him alive.Should we young people let our life become so awful? Yes, ideal is the beacon of people and it takes people to the future, to the bright.Our life is just beginning, even if life makes us a bit little confusion and doubts, but everything is temporary and it will pass away.What we need now is the ideal!Yeah!As the saying goes: where there is a river, there is a way.But I want to say: where there is an ideal, there is a hope.Hope will be tomorrow and tomorrow will be better!Grasp your life!Enjoy your life!And believe that the future would be better than it now!Live simply and enjoy freely, that is the truth of life.Finally, I want to share some beautiful sentences with you.The first: I keep picturing all these little kids playing some game in this big field of rye and all.Thousands of little kids and nobody is around----nobody big, I mean----except me.And I am standing on the edge of some crazy cliff.What I have to do, I have to catch everybody if they start to go over the cliff----I mean if they are running and they do not look where they are going, I have to come out from somewhere and catch them.That is all I’d do all day.I’d just be the catcher in the rye and all.I know it is crazy, but that is the only thing I’d really like to be.I know it is crazy.The second: Life is a game, boy.Life is a game that one plays according to the rules.There are so many words which are worth thinking.At the end of this book, the writer has left some imaginations about the leading role for us.Let us think and think.Nobody can assert what would happen in the future!