1. The Laws of society Vs. The Laws of The River in Huck Finn
... the feud is traumatizing because his friend Buck Grangerford and a relative are chased and brutally shot by some members of the Shepherdson family while Huck sits in a tree and watches helplessly. The feud portion of the story is originally included as a satire on "family honor" and shows the absurdity of such feuds ... Society rears certain ideals that establish a negative view for Huck such as hate and violence, and Twain displays this powerfully when Huck comes down from the tree weeping as he covers his friend's corpse and thinks how "[Buck] was mighty good to [him]" (138). It is clea...
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