Superficialy [sic] and maturity within J. D. Salinger\u27s \u3ci\u3eThe catcher in the rye\u3c/i\u3e and Mark Twain\u27s \u3ci\u3eThe adventures of Huckleberry Finn\u3c/i\u3e

The purpose of this research is to analyze the concept of maturity between postcolonialism and modem literature through a close reading of Mark Twain\u27s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and J. D. Salinger\u27s The Catcher in the Rye. Both Huck and Finn reside in a world where growing older means accepting the often fake societies and communities that regulate societal norms. Both characters face mature themes, such as death/mortality/ isolation, the hypocrisy of civilized society, and depression. In evaluating these texts, it is reasonable to believe that Holden and Huck will forever be displaced in society because of their repression of superficiality, which in turn stagnates their maturity (as defined by society) that can never progress as it would represent acceptance of the hypocritical societal values imposed upon them