The holidays in American schools are different from those in China.∈◆,

Their winter vacation usually starts from the first two weeks of Christmas and ends in early January. The holidays range from three to five weeks. Each school is different, but they are all similar.

As the new year passes, the new semester begins, the students return to campus.

It seems that this is a campus life that is no different from the past, but many students still find abnormalities.

They saw some students wearing windbreakers and hats, and ignored anyone, looked indifferent, and just entered the classroom like that, and did not listen to the class seriously, and looked like a bad student.

This situation is more common in middle schools in New York, and is also found in other areas.

Even if there are similar situations in colleges, no one has counted them and no one has paid attention to this imitation show.

Soon, other students knew that they were imitating the protagonist in a novel. The protagonist was also a middle school student, but he was very personality and very unusual.

So the students went to find a novel called "The Watcher in the Rye" and became addicted to it at first glance.

This is a completely novel written for them.

Like them, the protagonist of the novel, Holden, encountered various problems in school, was excluded by his classmates, criticized and educated by his teachers, and was at a loss when facing the adult world.

These teenagers fantasize about growing up, but are afraid to grow up.

They wanted to leave school like Holden and go to society. As Holden experienced this adolescence adventure together, Holden's two days and two nights in New York made them feel empathetic.

Finally, Holden returned home and ended this short runaway life.

The students who read books also ended their adventures, but they had an idol in their hearts, namely Holden, who wanted to live like Holden, just to make themselves unique.

This may be the rebellion of adolescence.

Teachers found that more and more students wearing windbreakers and hats in the classroom have become a trend.

The students dared to contradict the teacher, and they were still swearing, which was completely different from their usual appearance.

This abnormal phenomenon attracted the attention of the school, and they found that the culprit was a novel. And it was not their school, but many schools had this situation.

The students are imitating, which means that the novel resonates with the students.

With curiosity, the school teacher looked for the novel and the teacher understood better than the students. This novel describes the confusion, restlessness, anger and anxiety of teenagers.

It writes the voice of teenagers.

The publishing house feels even more strange. Novels that were not read were not good at first, but when they were first published, they didn’t sell well, and they only looked like 10,000 copies. Not to mention bestsellers, they didn’t even have the sales of ordinary books.

But two months later, the novel became popular inexplicably, and booksellers from all over the country came to urge them to make a purchase.

The publisher had to reprint it, and 50,000 copies were sent out. It still couldn't meet the demand, so there was no way, so I continued to print it.

They learned from various channels that most of the readers of "The Watcher in the Rye" are teenagers and college students, and have formed a trend in middle schools.

These students saw this novel during the winter vacation, and then imitated and spread it, and the sales of books suddenly increased.

According to the number of American teenagers, the sales of this novel may exceed one million.

The publisher was naturally overjoyed about this unexpected situation. It was all US dollars. They increased their publicity efforts in the newspapers and focused on the students in the school, saying that this was a novel that teenagers should not miss.

There is no need for publishing houses to promote. Some journalists and literary critics have noticed this anomaly.

At the beginning, "Watchman in the Rye" was marketed with the gimmick of the author's new work, and it has to be said that this marketing method played a counterproductive role.

Many readers think that "Watchman in the Rye" is a popular novel with the same historical theme as "Gone with the Wind".

Readers who are not interested in this type of subject will naturally not buy it. When interested readers buy it, they find it is a novel about teenagers, and think they have been deceived. They throw it away.

Therefore, both sides were not pleased, and there was no good reputation, and even literary critics did not pay attention to it.

Now that good reputation has spread from the school, the sales of novels have soared. "The Watcher in the Rye" has become a phenomenal novel, and various literary comments have also been released.

Some critics believe that this novel teaches students badly, the protagonist is full of swearing and life has no purpose, so teenagers should not be exposed to such decadent literature.

Some critics also think that this novel shows profound social problems and uses the method of stream of consciousness to write the inner world of teenagers, which deserves the attention of sociologists and psychologists.

What surprised them the most was that this novel was written by a Chinese.

Lin Zixuan is well-known in the American literary world. His "Gone with the Wind" can be said to be a masterpiece of popular literature. If he were an American, he might have won the Pulitzer Novel Award.

The award was established in 1917 according to the last wishes of American newspaper giant Joseph Pulitzer.

The Pulitzer Prize is divided into two categories: news and creation. The winners of the news category can be of any nationality, but the winning entries must be published in the U.S. Weekly or Daily, and the winners of the creation category must be US citizens.

Even though the American literary world has controversy over "The Watcher in the Rye", they must admit that this is a novel with profound connotations and has the value of research and comment.

It’s just that they can’t let go of a Chinese novel that reflects the real American society.

At this time, they noticed the translation of the novel, which was an American female writer, which made American literary critics feel relieved, and they had a good impression of Pearl Buck, who lives in China.

This shows that this novel was co-created by Lin Zixuan and Pearl Buck.

With this reason, the American literary world accepted "The Watcher in the Rye", and they could praise this novel with confidence.

The popularity of "Watchman in the Rye" and the huge influence formed among American teenagers have attracted the attention of the American Times magazine.

The magazine, founded in 2019, is preparing to select a Chinese as the cover character.

The magazine's first choice is politicians, that is, those they believe are most likely to unify China in the future.

According to the news received by the magazine from China, they are preparing to send reporters to interview Wu Peifu, the actual ruler of the Beiyang warlords.

But after seeing Lin Zixuan's news, Time magazine made a temporary decision, asking reporters to interview Lin Zixuan in Shanghai and regard Lin Zixuan as a leader in the Chinese cultural and ideological circles.

Moreover, Lin Zixuan is a very influential Chinese in the American literary world. I believe that American readers prefer Lin Zixuan, which can increase the sales of magazines.

Of course, they did not give up on Wu Peifu.
Chapter completed!