Huckleberry Finn and Holden Caulfield
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Mark Twain's character of Huckleberry Finn and J.D. Salinger's Holden Caulfield are sometimes depicted as "universal beings" who reflect America's strengths and weaknesses. Although they are compared like that and in other manners, they are still very different. Their position in society, struggling for their beliefs, and their rebellious conducts unite and separate them.
Holden and Huck can be viewed as outcasts in society. Huck has been raised on and off by his father, who is a drunk that beats Huck when he feels like it. The community doesn't protect Huck and he has missed schooling and religious teachings. He hasn't been brought up with social or family values. Huck is incredulous of the world around him and is always trying to distance himself from it...