Jim. In this last bout with his conscience, Huck finds out after a very long and tedious period of pointless toil, that Miss Watson had died and freed Jim, thus making his attempt to save Jim unnecessary, as he was already free. The next confusion between Huck’s conscience and 19th century society came when Huck found himself at the Grangerford’s household, amidst a long-going feud between them and a rival household, the Shepherdson’s. The initial first-hand experience Huck had with the feud occurred when he was accompanying Buck Grangerford through the woods. When Buck got into a gun duel with Harney Shepherdson, Huck was confused and later chatted with Buck about the incidence. Huck had trouble understanding why Buck wanted to kill Harney, if Harney had never done anything to him. “Did you want to kill him, Buck?” “Well, I bet I did.” “What did he do to you?” “Him? He never done nothing to me.” “Well then, what did you want to kill him for?” “Why, nothing-it’s on account of the feud.” (pg.104) This question brought on a troubling conversation about the feud, a practice that was common in the 19th century. Buck didn’t understand how Huck had never heard of a feud before, and Huck couldn’t understand why such a practice was so common. He asks Buck what started the feud, and Buck doesn’t know. After hearing this answer, Huck steps into an even deeper hole of confusion, now wondering how these people could be killing each other for over thirty years, but not even know who or what started the quarrel. “Has this one been going on long, Buck?” “Well I should reckon! It started thirty year ago…” “What was the trouble about Buck?-land?” “I reckon maybe – I don’t know.” “Well who done the shooting? Was it a Grangerford or a Shepherdson?” “L...
