He had run away from home because his father beat him all the time.
that he is going to kill huck.
No, because all the male Grangerfords had been killed by the Shepherdsons, in their ongoing feud.
The two rivaling families in Huck Finn were the Shepherdsons and the Grangerfords.
Buck explains that the feud between the Shepherdsons and the Grangerfords started over a disagreement about a property-line and escalated due to a romantic entanglement between a Shepherdson and a Grangerford.
Sophia Grangerford eloped with Harney Shepherdson
The Grangerfords in Mark Twain's "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" are portrayed as a morally ambiguous family. They are hospitable and kind to Huck but are also entangled in a senseless feud with the Shepherdsons that ultimately results in tragedy. This complexity challenges a simple categorization of them as either good or bad.
The feud between the Grangerfords and Shepherdsons reignited when a Shepherdson eloped with a Grangerford, leading to a war breaking out between the two families.
Huck avoids getting killed in the feud by faking his own death and hiding out on Jackson Island. He decides to stage his death to escape the ongoing violence between the Grangerfords and Shepherdsons. This plan allows him to stay safe while the feud continues without him.
The source of the feud between the Grangerfords and the Shepherdsons is never fully explained in Mark Twain's "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn." It is portrayed as a longstanding conflict between the two families, rooted in a sense of honor and pride. The reason for the feud remains a mystery and highlights the absurdity and senselessness of violence and feuds.
Here are a few: Mrs. Watson's decision to sell Jim to slave traders (which is why Jim ran away), The King's and Duke's greed, The familly feud between the Shepherdsons and Grangerfords, and Jim's bounty as a runnaway slave, which is why he and Huck have to be secretive.
The Grangerfords are wary of strangers due to the ongoing feud with the Shepherdsons, which has bred a culture of distrust and violence. They are cautious of outsiders because they fear they may be spies or trigger further conflict.
Huck arrives at the Grangerford house after getting separated from Jim during a fog. Jim goes downstream in the raft, while Huck goes ashore and wanders into the Grangerford family's property. He is taken in by the Grangerfords and treated with kindness.