Catcher In The Rye Holden Analysis

In the end, Holden decides goes to Central Park to see for himself if there are ducks in the pond at Central Park. Basically this the main purpose of this novel solely based on these quotations is bildungsroman, which is represented in a myriad one of which utilizing ducks in Central Park and Holden’s curiosity towards them. Once again, feeling lost and confused, he resorts to the ducks to give him an answer. Its very dark out and he “had the most terrific trouble finding that lagoon at night” (Salinger 154). Holden goes to the pond to learn about the ducks by himself this time, when he turned up with nothing every time he relied on someone else. As a result, he is not asking other people, where the ducks go in the winter or looking for the answer within

Finally, he is ready to grow up. He has long understood that he needs to mature, and he now recognizes that the person that he need to depend on the most is himself to find the ability to become an adult. By going to Central Park specifically, he shows that he is really ready to face his question with nothing standing between him and the adult he wants to become. After he reaches the lake, Holden begins to walk around the entire pond looking for ducks. When he doesn’t see a single duck, he suspects that they are resting in the nearby grass so he looks harder. “Damn near fell in once, in fact” (Salinger 154). Holden shows so much perseverance to locate the ducks and and makes it obvious that he will continue to search until he finds an acceptable answer to his impending question. For the first time in this entire novel, Holden is actually putting forth effort and showing determination, in order to accomplish a goal, which in this case is to find the ducks. This determination to spot the ducks is the first thing that he has really strived for. From the start, when Holden couldn’t even stay in a school for an extended period of time, to now, he has changed dramatically. Holden is proving to be a dynamic