So, this is the sadness of the novel.It's this unrequited love; Dean is never capable of loving Sal in the same way that Sal loves Dean.

所以这也是这本小说的悲伤，是这个无回报的爱情;,迪安从没能真正像萨尔爱他一样爱过萨尔。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

She is acting out a form: in the first case the form of romantic fiction, the heroine who swoons back in this scene the form of the game, the perfect form of tennis.

她总是摆出一些姿势：,第一次是在爱情小说中疲倦已极的女主角,这一次则是游戏，完美的网球游戏。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

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。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选