Comparing "The Adventures Of Huck Finn" And "The Catcher In The Rye"

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is Universal or
correlates with any time period and any situation.
The Call to Adventure is the first of the Cosmogonic Cycle. It is the
actual "call to adventure" that one receives to begin the cycle. There are many
ways that this is found in literature including going by desire, by chance, by
abduction, and by being lured by an outside force. In The Adventures of Huck
Finn, Huck is forced with the dilemma of whether to stay with his father and
continue to be abused or to leave. Huck goes because he desires to begin his
journey. In The Catcher In The Rye, Holden mentally is torn between experience
and innocence, it would seem to him that an outside force is luring him to do
something but in actuality he is beginning his journey because of his desire.
The Call to Adventure is the first step in the Cosmogonic Cycle, it is the step
at which the character or hero is brought into cycle.
The Threshold Crossing is the second step, it is the place or the person
that ...

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of mind and
exits with a cleared mind. The use of symbolic death and motifs is associated
with the Threshold Crossing, the second step of the Cosmogonic Cycle.
The Road of Trials is the next step in the Cosmogonic Cycle, which are the
obstacles which the character faces throughout the literary work. In The
Adventures of Huck Finn, Huck's Road of Trials occurs on the Mississippi River.
He faces many obstacles, including moral decisions of right and wrong, dealing
with con-artists, and helping a runaway slave. He promulgates more experienced
from his journey down the river on his raft. In The Catcher In The Rye,
Holden's Road of Trials takes from Pencey Prep to New York City. ...

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