How would you describe the Grangerfords?

By Huck’s account, they are kind and welcoming. They offer him food and shelter, not just for a day or two, but as long as he wants to stay. He describes them as gentlemen, aristocracy, a high class of people.

Who dies in Chapter 18 of Huck Finn?

In the woods, Huck finds Buck and a nineteen-year-old Grangerford in a gunfight with the Shepherdsons. Both of the Grangerfords are killed. Deeply disturbed, Huck heads for Jim and the raft, and the two shove off downstream.

What does Huck think about his experiences with the Grangerfords?

Huck admires Colonel Grangerford, the master of the house, and his supposed gentility. A warmhearted man, the colonel owns a very large estate with over a hundred slaves. Everyone in the household treats the colonel with great courtesy.

What do you think is the biggest lesson Huck learns from his time with Grangerfords?

What is the lesson learned? The lesson that Huck learns is that the grass isn’t always greener on the other side.

What is ironic about the Grangerfords?

The feud between the Grangerfords and Shepherdsons is one of the more memorable chapters in Huck Finn because of its extreme violence. The fact that the two noble families do not know why they continue to fight is ironic, but the irony deepens when the families actually draw blood.

Who are the Grangerfords enemies?

The Shepherdsons belong to another aristocratic family of the neighbourhood. Not much is known of them except that they are involved in a bloody feud with the Grangerfords. The feud is three decades old and, though the exact reason behind it is not clear to anybody, they are blood-thirsty enemies.

Who is Emmeline Grangerford?

Emmeline Grangerford, fictional character, a poet and painter in Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn (1885). Upon viewing her works, Huck Finn naively echoes his hosts’ reverence for Emmeline’s maudlin elegies of deceased neighbours and her soppy crayon drawings of young ladies in mourning.

How does Huck feel about the Grangerfords deaths?

The hated calls of “Kill them, kill them!” prompt Huck to wish that he had never gone ashore, despite his affection for the Grangerfords. The theme of death and brutality, then, is present in all facets of society, including the wealthy, and the peace of the river is never more apparent to Huck.

What story does Huck tell the Grangerfords about himself?

Huck, it’s the name he tells the Grangerfords along with a story about him being from Arkansas and he fell overboard off the steamboat. Why does Huck think the fight was his fault? Huck thinks it’s his fault because he’s the one that passed the note between Miss Sophia and Harney without realizing it.

What is ironic about the Grangerfords and Shepherdsons attending church and the sermon that is delivered?

Answers 1. The families are in attendance at church and listening to a sermon promoting “brotherly love.” They attend and the listen, but ironically all the men a toting guns and are ready to continue their feud at any moment.

What was the obsession of Emmeline Grangerford before she died?

Now prior to Huck’s arrival, the Grangerford family had lost a daughter, Emmeline who died at age fifteen. Emmeline had been a girl with a strange obsession: Death. A poet and an artist, Huck tells us about her drawings.

What are the Grangerfords and Shepherdsons feuding about?

The Shepherdsons and the Grangerfords are basically fighting over nothing because they can not remember why they hate each other. The families are blinded by hate and do not even notice when one of their family members dies.