Blog 7: Ch. 12, Catcher: Conversation with Horowitz

Holden is seeking conversation again. This time, the cab driver Horowitz seems less patient with Holden's questions. Holden brings up the ducks in Central Park again. "Hey Horowitz, "You ever pass by the lagoon in Central Park? Down by Central Park South?" "The what?" "The lagoon. That little lake, like there. Where the ducks are. You know." "Yeah what about it?" "Well, you know the ducks that swim around in it? In the springtime and all? Do you happen to know where they go in the wintertime, by any chance? "Where who goes?" "The ducks. Do you know, by any chance? I mean does somebody come around in a truck or something and take them away, or do they fly away by themselves- go south or something?" "How the hell should I know?" "How the hell should I know a stupid thing like that?" (Salinger 81-82). Horowitz keeps bringing up the fish in the winter, they are not talking about the same thing. Holden should just end the conversation with Horowitz since he sees how impatient he is. Holden found it all amusing however. He even asked him to go have a drink with him.