Satire is defined as the use of irony, sarcasm or exaggeration to denounce and criticize human folly or vice. Huckleberry Fin by Mark Twain is a novel that to be fully appreciated and understood must be seen as a satirical work. Twain uses satire in an attempt to both mock aspects of society and mock the American people. Because two use satire. Religious hypocrisy, need for war and useless fighting, cowardice of the average man. One aspect of the novel where Twain uses satire is the idea of ​​family feuds. Halfway through the novel, Huck meets young Buck Grangerford. Huck soon learns of an ongoing feud between the Grangerfords and their neighboring family, the Shepherdsons. Buck explains to Huck his fierce hatred for the Shepherdson family, but also that he doesn't really know why there is a feud or how it came about. The reader discovers that the two feuding families essentially stop killing members of the opposing family. As Huck experiences firsthand a skirmish between Buck Grangerford and Harvey Shephardson, in which Buck tries to shoot Harvey, he asks Buck what Harvey ever did. Buck responds with, “Him? He never did anything to me (120).” Confused, Huck then asks what he wants to kill him for. Buck replies, “Why nothing, only it's because of the feud (120).” In this case, Huck questions the logic behind such stupidity. He's young, but he understands that this feud makes no sense. It represents Twain's questioning of man's preoccupation with brutality and his delusion of false honor and chivalry. Taken at face value, the few Shepherdson-Grangerford scenes seem like nothing more than a meaningless cameo on Twain's part, however upon closer inspection, we see the real reason... at the center of the card... what great things you will do (158).”Sherburn despises the man for his inability to act courageously without the presence of a crowd or the security of anonymity. This scene is easy to dismiss as simply another attack on the illusion of Southern gentlemen. Sherburn is a respected colonel who kills a harmless drunk in cold blood. However, upon further exploration, we realize that Twain uses Sherburn's pompous lecture on human nature to represent his own contempt for the state of humanity. And he goes on to say, “A crowd fights not with the courage that is born in them, but with the courage that is borrowed from their mass and their officers (159).” Twain uses Sherbern's speech to condemn the people of Bricksville and to voice Huck's disgust at their horrible behavior. While it's hard to applaud Sherburn for Boggs' brutal murder, he is