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Huck was invited to live with Grangerfords for as long as he likes.  Huck starts to see their beautiful house as a home. The Grangerfords (a very wealthy family) have a very recognizable relationship with the Sheperdsons.  Their relationship is similar to the famous British play that we read Romeo and Juliet.  The Grangerfords, like the Capulets, and the Sheperdsons, like the Montegue, share similar problems with eachother just like in Romeo and Juliet.  Buck is a young boy at Huck's age that hates the Sheperdsons.  Buck's hate toward them is so great that he says that he would kill a Sheperdson if one were present. Buck says he doesn't even know when or why the fighting started.

For some reason the Grangerfords and the Sheperdsons have this unexplainable feud. It has gotten so bad that there have been multiple killing in just the past year between these two families.  One of these killing included the death of a 14 year-old Grangerford girl.  The fighting just keeps fueling itself more and more to keep it continuing.  At one point buck is hiding behind a bush with Huck and is trying to take a shot at one of the Sheperdsons.  He takes a shot straight at his head, but misses.  This does not go well with the Sheperdsons.  It all ends up with Buck being chased down and shot, all while Huck, his best bud, watches. What makes all of these really funny is that while the two families are at church listening to the sermon about brotherly love, they have their rifles in between their knees...ready. 

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Huck and Jim's relationship closely resembles a relationship between father and son.  Huck obviously plays the part of the son, and is good at it.  Huck messes around and plays pranks as a kid does. Although, his immaturity doesn't let him realize the real harm done with these pranks.  One of the pranks was when Huck placed a snake at Jiim's feet while he was sleeping. When Jim woke up the snake bit him in the foot. Luckily he survived.  Huck doesn't mean any harm with his pranks, he just doesn't yet realize the potential harm in them. 

Jim acts the role of the Hucks father.  Since Hucks real father is a crazy drunk that wants Huck dead, Jim is a good stand in. Jim looks over Huck.  He make sure that Huck makes reasonable decisions, or at least a decision that Jim would make himself.  Jim also sets the example for Huck sometimes.  Huck looks up to Jim.  Mainly because Huck has no one to look up to.  Not only being a father figure to Huck, Jim also is Huck's best friend and goes through anything with Huck