In the American novel The Catcher in the Rye, which explores adolescent psychology, after the hero is expelled from school and is wandering aimlessly through the streets of New York City, though shivering in the bitter cold he hopes to find solace in the company of wild ducks. So he walks over to Central Park to see if the ducks are around, wondering where these laid-back birds go when the lagoon freezes over.
探討青春期少年心理的美國小說《麥田捕手》，書中主人翁遭學校開除、四顧茫茫，寒冬瑟縮，他卻與野鴨同病相憐，不時奔忙於紐約中央公園結冰的湖面上，四下尋找平日氣定神閒的野鴨，全心關注「鴨子哪兒去了？」