Many people wonder why the feud with the Grangerfords and the Shepherdsons are included in this great novel, and think that the plot could have gone without it. To me, the feud represents how man is a coward and only follows the crowd. The fact that nobody else knows what the feud is doing in the book shows the fact that the two families are fighting only because everybody is. Only because you are reading about it!! That is kind of a special connection the readers have between the characters. Eventually, most of them die, and that's why Twain used Huck to look at the more disturbing side of the feuds. Unreasonable killing and violence shows the foolish side of humans. The point, in my opinion, was to show the feuds were stupid and pointless. Not only did they not know what they were fighting for, but they only got more and more vengeful every time someone was killed. From the feud, the audience gathers that society only "goes with the crowd," which contradicts the feelings of characters Jim and Huck who are going against society. That is why they are so greatly respected.
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