Holden's question "Where do the ducks in central park go?" is a typical picaresque device used as a sort of touchstone/litmus test/barometer for the personality that the picaro uses to gauge the personality/sociableness/temperament of the characters that he is interacting with.
Interesting no? I love this book.
and people wonder why literature is dead...
reddit general?
>>7819900
>Holden's question "Where do the ducks in central park go?" is a typical picaresque device used as a sort of touchstone/litmus test/barometer for the personality that the picaro uses to gauge the personality/sociableness/temperament of the characters that he is interacting with.
>Holden stabs the ducks
wat?