When Holder says “l realized it was only one chance in a million. I sort Of closed one eye, like I was taking aim at it. “Ackley took another look at my hat … “Up home we wear a hat like that to shoot deer in, for Christmas,” he said. His red hunting cap is another symbol of protection for Holder. Holder’s interactions are sabotaged by his resentment of “phoniness” and his prominent and overly judgmental side, constantly overwhelming and undermining the genuine and caring side seen only when Holder feels comforted and welcomed by his environment. As exemplified by many symbols throughout the book such as the wax museum, Holder finds solace and inform in things that are constant and don’t change. “Kid me? “” NO?I was just interested, that’s all. He turned around and looked at me like I was a madman. ‘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? Do you happen to know, by any chance? ‘ I realized it was only one chance in a million. “Then thought of something, all of a sudden.
#The catcher in the rye symbolism driver#
During his first of several taxi rides in the city, Holder, bothered by the thought of constant change yet intrigued by the thought of how others cope with change begins to ask his cab driver the whereabouts of the ducks in Central Park when the lake freezes over. D Slinger uses Holder’s recurring mentions of the ducks in Central park to reveal the childlike curiosity and genuine side to Holder’s regularly blunt and overwhelmingly cynical character.