The following is a compare and contrast essay between the novels "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" by Mark Twain and "Catcher in the Rye" by J.D. Salinger.

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger and Huck Finn by Mark Twain have many similiarities and differences concerning how they are affected by a corrupt society. For example, Both Huck and Holden are disgusted with the societies they experience throughout their lives. Although Huck is mainly disgusted with societies outside of his own and Holden is disgusted by his own society and others he encounters.. Both novels also have clashing and corresponding …

…similar feelings and emotions. Also, Huck and Holden both try escaping their lives. Huck feels freedom when he travels along the river fronteir and Holden feels his freedom by being out on his own away from the falseness of his world. Both boys have emotional scars that have led them to want to escape the lives they were living. In some way, Huck and Holden have escaped, even if it wasn't the way they imagined.