I'm not going to talk about jazz, and the way it figures,

我不打算讨论爵士和它们表现的方式
but I hope that you will have a chance to talk about that in section

但我希望你们在小组有机会讨论这个问题
because that brings together several elements of what's important in the novel.

因为它把小说的几个重要元素组合到一起
I want to focus now on the sadness.

我现在要你们集中在悲哀上面
I don't know if you noticed

我不清楚你们是否注意到
how often that adjective appears in the novel.

那个形容词在小说中出现的频率
Did any of you notice that? "Sadness...sadness...sad night."

你们中有谁留意到吗悲伤伤感的夜晚
One of the saddest things, after Dean and Sal get into their only fight,

狄安和萨尔唯一一次争吵后
really, is the uneaten food on Dean's plate,

令人悲哀的事之一是狄安盘中未吃的食物
the sadness of the uneaten food.

这尚未吃的食物的悲哀
What's sad in this novel, I think,

我认为小说中的悲哀之处在于
is the way the specificity of persons pushed back against that general

特定的个体的行为方式