Where Are the Ducks? Geopolitical Ambiguities in The Catcher in the Rye.

The article offers literary criticism on the novel, "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger. Topics include the Adamic tradition's survival in post-war novels, the anxieties of the containment era reflected in the novel, and the protagonist's quest for alternative social spaces symbolized by the ducks' mobility.