In The Catcher in the Rye, Holden is incapable of accepting change in his life; therefore, he tries to avoid it as much as possible. He is fearful of all the obstacles that will arise if he makes himself change. At one point in the novel, he provides evidence that change is not a necessity for him when he searches for the ducks at the pond in Central Park. He asks the cab driver, “By any chance, do you happen to know where they go, the ducks, when it gets all frozen over” (Salinger 60). This conversation can prove that not everything disappears forever just like Holden believes in. However, this idea is not what Whitehead experiences when he sees New York. He establishes the point that no matter how much one tries, “Go back to your haunts in your old neighborhoods and…you find: they remain and have disappeared” (Whitehead 1026). In fact, Whitehead clearly accepts the fact that New York is constantly changing, unlike Holden who denies change. For example, Holden even admits that he can live a life with the same type of food he eats, “…a Swiss cheese sandwich and a malted milk” whenever he goes out (Salinger 107). In addition, Whitehead acknowledges the fact that “damage has been done to [our] city” because of all the constant changes New York undergoes as time progresses (Whitehead 1026). With that being said, one has to decide themselves whether they admit change occurring or
In The Catcher in the Rye, Holden is incapable of accepting change in his life; therefore, he tries to avoid it as much as possible. He is fearful of all the obstacles that will arise if he makes himself change. At one point in the novel, he provides evidence that change is not a necessity for him when he searches for the ducks at the pond in Central Park. He asks the cab driver, “By any chance, do you happen to know where they go, the ducks, when it gets all frozen over” (Salinger 60). This conversation can prove that not everything disappears forever just like Holden believes in. However, this idea is not what Whitehead experiences when he sees New York. He establishes the point that no matter how much one tries, “Go back to your haunts in your old neighborhoods and…you find: they remain and have disappeared” (Whitehead 1026). In fact, Whitehead clearly accepts the fact that New York is constantly changing, unlike Holden who denies change. For example, Holden even admits that he can live a life with the same type of food he eats, “…a Swiss cheese sandwich and a malted milk” whenever he goes out (Salinger 107). In addition, Whitehead acknowledges the fact that “damage has been done to [our] city” because of all the constant changes New York undergoes as time progresses (Whitehead 1026). With that being said, one has to decide themselves whether they admit change occurring or