As I groped toward the dead kitten, my mother lingered behind me unseen in the dark, her disembodied voice egging me on.

在黑暗中，我向死猫走去，母亲以一种难以言表的威慑，于黑暗中催促着我，“

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

It's as if Sal's first experience of Dean is already, in that scene, assimilated into the image of Dean: the disembodied, aesthetic image of Dean.

这好像是Sal第一次在那情景下，感到迪恩已经被同化成迪恩的形象：,空洞的，美的迪恩的形象。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选