Harry 哈里 The other brother was Harry. Harry was a good seven years older than Jim, and in many ways was one of the most important figures in Jim's life, second only to his parents. Harry was the family genius. His scholastic performance was consistently brilliant. He provided a radical contrast to Joe whose interests were decidedly nonacademic. Harry was an intense and dedicated student. He poured his energies into schoolwork, to the detriment of all other interests. He had few friends and dated very little. The picture that emerges from Jimmy's accounts of him is that of a serious, withdrawn, angry, contemptuous, severely obsessional and highly intellectualized and moralistic adolescent. 另一个兄弟是哈里。哈里比吉米大了整整七岁，在诸多方面，他都是吉米生命中最重要的人物之一，其重要性仅次于父母。哈里是家中的天才。他的学业表现始终卓越非凡。与对学术毫无兴趣的乔相比，哈里截然不同，他是一位专注且热忱的学生。他将全部精力倾注于学业，牺牲了其他所有兴趣爱好。他朋友寥寥，也鲜少约会。从吉米对他的叙述中，我们勾勒出了一个严肃、内向、易怒、轻蔑、具有强迫倾向、高度理智且道德感强烈的青少年形象。 Jimmy's relationship with Harry over the years was extremely difficult and highly ambivalent. In a way he also idolized Harry and greatly admired his intelligence and accomplishments. Harry set an incomparable standard for him. Jimmy wanted to emulate his brother and gain some of the recognition and acceptance he felt Harry received for himself. He also felt that it was an impossible task, that he never could match or even approach his brother's standards of performance. He also strove to be with his brother and gain a closer and friendlier relationship with him. This too seemed impossible. Harry did not seem to want to have much to do with his baby brother. In childhood games, Harry would play tricks on him so that Jimmy would be made to look or feel foolish or stupid. Sometimes Harry and his friends would trick Jimmy and run away, leaving him alone. 多年来，吉米与哈里的关系极为复杂且充满矛盾。在某种程度上，他也崇拜哈里，非常钦佩哈里的智慧和成就。哈里为他树立了一个无与伦比的标准。吉米想要模仿他的哥哥，并获得一些他认为哈里所得到的认可和接纳。但他又觉得这是一项不可能完成的任务，自己永远无法达到甚至接近哥哥的表现水平。他也努力想要和哥哥在一起，并与他建立更亲密、更友好的关系。然而，这似乎也是不可能的。哈里似乎并不想和他的小弟弟有太多往来。在儿时的游戏中，哈里会捉弄他，让吉米看起来或感觉自己很愚蠢。有时，哈里和他的朋友们会捉弄吉米，然后跑掉，留下他一个人。 Harry went away to college. When he would come home, his arrival was awaited with great pleasure and anticipation by little Jimmy. He would look forward to Harry's homecoming and think about the exciting things that they could do together. Jimmy was usually disappointed. Harry would always have other things to do and never seemed to have much time for Jimmy. Jimmy's greatest delight was when he could get his brother to teach him something. At times he would try to get Harry to help him with his school assignments, but usually any help was accompanied by severe criticisms and comments that left Jimmy feeling that he was just too stupid and incapable of ever doing anything. Jimmy recalled, for example, that he showed Harry his Bar Mitzvah speech—one he had written himself—and asked Harry for help in improving it. Harry tore up the speech and wrote another, saying that Jimmy's effort was worthless and stupid. Harry was often hypercritical and sarcastic, and Jimmy felt this as a severe rebuff and rejection. We shall see that there was built into this relationship an intense sibling rivalry. 哈里离家去上大学了。小时候的吉米总是满怀喜悦和期待地盼着哈里回家。他期待着哈里归来，想着他们可以一起做些有趣的事。但吉米常常感到失望。哈里总有别的事要做，似乎从来都没多少时间陪吉米。吉米最开心的时候，就是能让哥哥教他些东西。有时他会试着让哈里帮他一起做学校作业，但哈里每次帮忙时都会严厉批评，还会说些让吉米觉得自己太笨、什么也做不好的话。吉米回忆说，有一次，他把自己写的成人礼演讲稿拿给哈里看，想让哈里帮忙改进一下。结果哈里把演讲稿撕了，另写了一篇，还说吉米写的根本没用，愚蠢至极。哈里常常吹毛求疵，冷嘲热讽，吉米觉得这是对自己的严厉斥责和拒绝。我们将会看到，这段关系中存在着激烈的兄弟竞争。