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Works Cited
Works Cited
Salinger, J.D.. “The Catcher in the Rye Holden Caulfield Quotes Page 2.” Shmoop, Shmoop University, 11 Nov. 2008, www.shmoop.com/catcher-in-the-rye/holden-caulfield-quotes-2.html.

Salinger, J. D., et al. The Catcher in the Rye. Little, Brown, and Company, 1951.

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Throughout the Catcher in The Rye, Holden struggles with his identity and rejection of adulthood. He continuously argues that people are phonies, however he himself is a phony. He lies constantly  throughout the book and is an unreliable narrator. Throughout the novel, he wonders about the ducks in central park and where they go during the winter. When riding in the taxi, he contemplates and asks the driver about the ducks and what happens to them when the pond freezes over, symbolizing his struggle with change and identity. He wants the ducks to stay where they are, however they prove to Holden that he must adapt to his changing environment, and move with it. In chapter 20, he even goes and checks on the ducks in central park, as he identifies with them and obsesses over the idea of their fate. His cab driver gets angry when he asks about the ducks, and yells at Holden, claiming it is a stupid question. However, to Holden, the ducks help him to eventually accept that you must learn to adapt to a changing environment.

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1. You know those ducks in that lagoon right near Central Park South? That little lake? By any chance, do you happen to know where they go, the ducks, when it gets all frozen over?

Holden isn’t just obsessed with his brothers death or fear of his own, hes also obsessed with the fact that everything dies. He fears change and death and the ducks show him how to adapt.

2. "The ducks. Do you know, by any chance? I mean does somebody come around in a truck or something and take them away, or do they fly away by themselves – go south or something?"

Holden finally had the cab driver to ask about the ducks (and in turn, death and change). However he describes the cab driver as unstable and touchy. Which he isn’t completely wrong, the cab driver broke out in anger at the question about ducks. There’s a sort of parallel between holden and the cab driver where they both have outbreaks and have emotionally unstable minds.

3. "Where do the ducks go in the winter?"
this quote further emphasizes that Holden is curious and obsessed about the ducks which further emphasizes his obsession and curiosity with death and change. He bluntly wonders this and many characters think he's insane for it.

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Holden:
Holden is really the only character that is involved with this topic. He wonders to himself about the ducks and where they go when the lagoon freezes over. He wonders to himself about death and change and he realizes that other people may not understand or be able to answer his questions.

Taxi driver:
He does ask the taxi man about the ducks and the man becomes angry and bites back at Holden. in this way they are similar because Holden and the driver both have odd emotions.

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Chapter 2:
"I was wondering if it would be frozen over when I got home,and if it was, where did the ducks go. I was wondering where the ducks went when the lagoon got all icy and frozen over"

Chapter 9:
"Hey, listen," I said. "You know those ducks in that lagoon right near Central Park South? That little lake? By any chance, do you happen to know where theygo, the ducks, when it gets all frozen over?"

Chapter 12:
"The ducks. Do you know, by any chance? I mean does somebody come a round in a truck or something and take them away, or do they fly away by themselves--go south or something?"

Chapter 20:
"What it was, it was partly frozen and partly not frozen. But I didn't see anyducks around. I walked all around the whole damn lake--I damn near fell in once, in fact--but I didn't see a single duck"

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"The Fear" by Ben Howard

[Verse 1]
My, my cold hearted child, tell me how you feel
Just a blade in the grass, spoke unto the wheel
My, my cold hearted child, tell me where it's all gone
All the luster of your bones, those arms that held you strong

[Chorus]
I've been worryin' that my time here's a little unclear
I've been worryin' that I'm losing the ones I hold dear
I've been worryin' that we all, live our lives, in the confines of fear

[Verse 2]
My, my cold hearted child, tell me how you feel
Just a grain in the morning air, dark shadow on the hill
My, my cold hearted child, tell me where it all falls
All this apathy you feel will make a fool of us all

[Chorus]
I've been worryin' that my time here's a little unclear
I've been worryin' that I'm losing the ones I hold dear
I've been worryin' that we all, live our lives, in the confines of fear

[Bridge]
Oh I will become what I deserve
Oh I will become what I deserve
Oh I will become what I deserve
Oh I will become what I deserve

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qodyJwHC93o

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The topic influences the novel in that the ducks represent Holden's future, and most importantly his fear of its uncertainty. Throughout the novel, Holden clings to his feigning childhood and child-like qualities, while trying to adjust to the adult world. He rejects adulthood, believing that adults are phonies, although he occasionally contemplates his inevitable future as one himself. He wonders about the ducks as they move forward and elsewhere, as he is also involuntarily moving closer to adulthood. He asks multiple times where they go when the pond freezes over, paralleling to his questions about his own future, giving the readers a look into the side of Holden that may truly care about what is in store for his life.

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https://www.redbubble.com/people/baptismonfire/works/12007761-the-catcher-in-the-rye-where-do-the-ducks-go?p=canvas-print
The red hunting hat represents that Holden is holding onto his past and not being able to move on. The ducks in this cartoon see this and with them moving on and representing change, they stay away from Holden.

http://englishprojectperiod8.blogspot.com/2014/02/symbol-2-ducks.html
In this image, Holden is looking for the ducks because he is stuck in his past and childhood mindset. He's wondering where they went and its representing that Holden needs to adapt and change like the ducks did as he grows older. When the ducks are gone at the end of the book, it represents him becoming more of an adult and finally having a change of attitude.

https://www.redbubble.com/people/baptismonfire/works/12007761-the-catcher-in-the-rye-where-do-the-ducks-go?p=clock
Here, the image is explaining that the only thing holding Holden back from his future is his attitude. The duck is a parallel to Holden. When the ducks are gone, the image is stating that they're wondering where Holden went as well, as he had a change of attitude. https://www.coursehero.com/lit/The-Catcher-in-the-Rye/
In this image, it shows how Holden asked the taxi driver about the ducks. this further emphasizes his obsession with the ducks and how he asks even his driver about them. The taxi driver became angry when he asked showing how stupid other people think this obsession is. The taxi driver and Holden are similar in the fact that they both react in irrational ways sometimes.

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Salinger incorporates this topic into the novel to present to readers the inevitability of the future, as Holden must eventually move on from his childhood and transition into becoming an adult. As ducks migrate as part of their natural instinct, we as humans grow individually as part of our own nature. While Holden desperately defies this, it is realized that the future is not one he can escape if he is to continue living. The topic of the ducks represent a fear of change in Holden, as he contemplates their fate often, just as he contemplates his own. Salinger presents this idea in a curious manner, although the symbolism within it goes much deeper than ducks and their annual migration.

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Salinger, J.D.. “The Catcher in the Rye Holden Caulfield Quotes Page 2.” Shmoop, Shmoop University, 11 Nov. 2008, www.shmoop.com/catcher-in-the-rye/holden-caulfield-quotes-2.html.

Salinger, J. D., et al. The Catcher in the Rye. Little, Brown, and Company, 1951.