A Comparison of Huckleberry Finn and On The Road The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, was written by Mark Twain in 1884. The second book, On the Road, was written by Jack Kerouck between 1947 and 1950, although it was not published until 1957. My discussion will center on a particular theme which both books have in common. The theme which my paper will examine is that of personal freedom and why personal freedom was important for the characters in both novels. Both novels express the road experience through travels and the characters being their own "identity." In Mark Twain's The Adventur