Comparing and contrasting the similarities and differences of , “On the Road” by Jack Kerouac & “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” by Mark Twain.

Comparing and contrasting the similarities and differences of , “On the Road” by Jack Kerouac & “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” by Mark Twain.

“ On the Road” is a unique American novel of it’s time and so is Mark Twain’s “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” “On the Road” by Jack Kerouac symbolizes for many, an entire generation of disaffected young Americans of the 1950’s. At the time it was written America was undergoing drastic changes and a sense of void brought on by the Cold War, and as such created a feeling of dislocation for many. Many Americans experienced a sense of purposelessness and disillusionment. The main character Sal Paradise represented the disillusioned Americans at that time. Much of the novel is spent ‘on the road” in a car. Dean Moriarty, the other main character in the novel, represented the “rebel” in most Americans during the 40’s and 50’s.

“The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” by Mark Twain was written...