Summary Of The Left Side Journal For The Catcher In The Rye

Chapters 9-12 Left Side Journal In chapters 9 through 12, I feel that a lot of my strengths of my journal are identifying symbols and their meanings for Holden. There are quite a few examples in these four chapters; for example, the ducks in the pond, Phoebe, and not calling Jane. However, I struggled with finding out why Holden keeps mentioning ducks and the pond; I have not yet found out by my own yet, but I think I’m getting close. From class discussion, it seems that some people think that Holden can be the duck. He can be seen as the duck in which ducks migrate when it’s winter. In this case, the duck is Holden and the winter is growing up. He is purposefully isolating himself, so that the winter/ adulthood doesn’t get to him. I will try to build more on the theme of isolation and symbols in the next few chapters.
He feels the need to talk to someone, but because he isolates himself so much, he can’t call anyone. Because of his hesitation or “mood”, he does not call the people he knows, but instead calls up a stranger.
What is the purpose of Holden always bringing up the