The Catcher and the Rye Vs Adventures of Huck Finn

Norman Cousins once said, " The eternal quest of each individual human being is to shatter his loneliness." This quote means that from birth until death no human wants to be alone emotionally or physically therefore they search for relationships in others in order to shatter the loneliness. I agree with this quote because I feel as if every individual longs for a connection or relationship with another individual in order to avoid loneliness'. Two works of literature fit and support this quote and they are The Cather in the Rye by J.D. Salinger and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Marc Twain.

The Cather in the Rye by J.D. Salinger has a character named Holden. Holden alienates himself from individuals as his way of protection. He wears his hunting hat to advertise his uniqueness, he uses isolation to try and prove that he is better than everyone else around him and therefore he feels as if he is above interacting with people around him. Holden's alienation is the source of what little stability he has in his life.

However, even though Holden alienates himself from most people around him doesn't mean he doesn't long to shatter the loneliness in his life. When Holden interacts with other people it usually annihilates him, therefore he uses a mocking sense of superiority to serve as a type of self-protection. It's not as if he doesn't like peoples company or championship he just feels overwhelmed when communicating with people who he is not comfortable speaking with. Holden does consistently long for a character in the story and that is his ten-year-old sister Phoebe. She listens to what he says and understands him more than most other people do. Her childish innocence is one of Holden's only consistent sources of happiness throughout the novel.

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Marc Twain portrays a character a character named Jim who is an African American slave. He runs away from his