There have been many instances of violence in Huck Finn that have had prominent impacts on the plot. One of the first is Pap, Huck’s father who abuses Huck to the point he fakes his death to run away from him. Pap has not shown any parental love for Huck, his only concern for Huck’s well-being was when Huck found money in the cave. Huck was shrouded with such violence yet he himself does not show much of a violent nature.
Also one of my favorite parts of the novel, the feud between the Grangerfords and the Shepherdsons which is quite similar to the feud between the Capulet and the Montague in Romeo and Juliet. Due to the high violent tension between the two families, a young love that blossomed between two members must elope as a final resort. Buck Grangerford was just a young boy like Huck, but he was well experienced in utilizing guns and was later shot to death. It shows that depending on how someone was raised, had Huck grown up in such an environment, he may have ended up like Buck.
There was also the scene with the two robbers plotting to murder their third accomplice on a ship wreck. Although this violent plan was not unprovoked since the third accomplice had told on them, Huck did not find that it was the best course of action. Thus, Huck sailed away on their boat leaving all three stranded on the ship wreck. Huck sends officers to the shipwreck by pretending his family was on it and displays an alternate course of action as opposed to letting the men kill someone.
