catcher in the rye symbolism

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger is a roller coaster ride through the mind of an angry, frustrated and confused teenager named Holden Caulfield. After getting expelled from Pencey, Holden takes a trip to New York City where Holden keeps asking the cab drivers where all the ducks in the lagoon near the Central Park South go in the winter. This lagoon and the animals in it are constantly are used by …

…it. When he takes a look at adulthood, he sees nothing but phonies. Holden can't accept the taxi driver's theory because he rejects adulthood. Holden Caulfield lives a life of fear trying to run away from something he can't run away from. Although Holden may sound like a wacko to some people, we can't blame him for disliking someone that he feels are phony because, after all, a part of him is created by us.