The Grangerford family offers hospitality to Huck. Dramatic irony is revealed again when Huck describes the nice clock and books that are perfectly lined up on the table.
Twain also satirizes the southern feuds in this novel. The southern feuds occur between two families which are the Grangerfords and Shepherdsons. These two families, who conduct themselves in the accordance with the standards of the Southern aristocracy, nevertheless proceed mindlessly to kill one another for a vague reason that is the tradition of the Southern frontier. Twain uses satire to stress to the reader that no matter how sophisticated people may look, if they kill one another, they are scum.
In this novel, Twain also stressed the hypocrisy of people. They are enemies. At one point in the novel, they go to church together and listen to a sermon about brotherly love given by the priest, and then after church, they try to kill each other. James Strachey London: Random House, , References are hereafter given parenthetically in text.
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, , But, this cannot be the reason, because it is known that Twain, in the summer of , had already passed that point and proceeded into the Grangerford episode. See Kenneth S. Clemens and William Dean Howells , vol.
Henry Nash Smith and William M. Gibson Cambridge: Harvard University Press, , See, for instance, K. Hemming and B. Louis J. Budd New York: Library of America, , It is one of the most disagreeable things connected with a person. Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers the University's objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide. Sign In or Create an Account. Sign In. Advanced Search. Search Menu. Article Navigation.
Close mobile search navigation Article Navigation. Volume Article Contents. E-mail: qze nifty. Oxford Academic. Google Scholar. Select Format Select format. Permissions Icon Permissions. Did the killer snatch them? Huck wonders about Harney but finally decides he was going after his hat.
In response to Huck's questions, Buck explains that the Grangerfords and Shepherdsons have been feuding for so long that no one remembers why it began in the first place. After Huck delivers a message for Sophia Grangerford, he is taken over to the swamp by one of the family's many slaves. Among the trees, Huck finds Jim , who says that he has found the raft. The next day, Miss Sophia elopes with Harney Shepherdson. The bizarre feud escalates, and several men on both sides of the family are killed, including Buck.
Huck regrets ever coming ashore and cannot tell us "all that happened" because it would make him sick to do so.
He rejoins Jim, and the two decide a raft is the best home. The introduction of the Grangerfords and Shepherdsons adds a new element of humor to Twain 's novel. Whereas earlier Twain satirizes the actions of "common" townspeople, the stately families provide a perfect opportunity for Twain to burlesque the Southern code of chivalry and aristocracy of the antebellum South.
The Grangerford's house represents a gaudy and tasteless display of wealth, and Huck's appreciation of the decor only adds to the humor. The decor that exemplifies the Grangerford's taste is the artistic work of Emmeline, the deceased daughter who pined away after failing to discover a rhyme for "Whistler.
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