If George Dardess is right that this is a love story, it's the love story between Sal and Dean.

如果就像George，Dardess所说，这是个爱情故事，那么这是萨尔和迪安的爱情故事。

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if you have all three, intimacy, passion, commitment, this is "consummate love" according to Sternberg complete love.

如果亲近，激情和承诺三者兼而有之，这就是完美式爱情，完整的爱情。

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And there is this heartbreaking love that Sal has for Dean, and, if you track that through, the major turning points in the second two thirds of the novel are moments when Sal makes it clear to Dean that he actually cares about him.

而且萨尔对迪安有着令人悲痛的爱情，如果你追踪这一点，你就会发现小说里,三分之二的时间萨尔都在,向迪安说明他有多在乎迪安。

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