Comparison between J.D. Salinger's Holden Caulfield and Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn

The purpose of an automobile is to transport an individual to a desired place. The same holds true for a horse and carriage. However far-fetched it may seem, this is a perfect analogy for the comparison of Huck and Holden. Huck would represent the horse and carriage and Holden would represent the automobile. They both serve the same purpose (transportation), yet in different time periods. Huck and Holden go through the same basic experiences and …

…with society and school and leaves for New York. Huck can't accept the idea of Jim going back to slavery so he decides to go on a quest to free him, although he knows it goes against everything he knows to be acceptable. Finding oneself is a timeless quest. It will always be present, just in different ways. We have already gone from a horse and carriage to a car to an airplane, what next...?