In chapter 17, this was the chapter when Huck meet Saul, Rachel, Buck, and Betsy, who is their black slave. This is the family and they all had a gun point at Huck in the beginning of the chapter. In chapter 18, Huck and Buck jump into the bushes when a boy walks by. Buck takes a shot at him with his gun. This part of the book was a little bit startling because it was still confusing about why Buck had a gun and was shooting at someone. Then Huck asks the question of why Buck tried to kill this apparently harmless guy. This was when Buck started to describe to Huck the Family Feud and how it started 30 years ago but he does not know why. He can not remember because he has not been alive that long. Buck said it all started when Shepherdson shot his fourteen year old cousin to death. The man who Buck took a shot at was Shepherdson. Then they go home and soon go to church later in the day. I do not really understand well enough what Twain is really trying to get across right now with the feud situation. I think he is trying to show us how crazy the family is or how crazy the time era was when this was happening.
Ethan, I would really like you to use some quotes form the text to support your claims. I think you are right in that Mr. Twain is trying to comment on something. Think about this as satire. What elements of satire and conventions could Mr. Twain be using?
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