Holden Caulfield and White Mike. Two icons that are comparable?

Seminar paper from the year 2009 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 2,6, University of Würzburg (Neuphilologisches Institut), course: The Literature of "Becoming", language: English, abstract: The protagonists in J. D. Salinger’s "The Catcher in the Rye" and Nick McDonell’s "Twelve" are commonly compared in literature reviews on novels of education. What do the characters Mike Wh...