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    The document discusses three main types of conflict in the United States and in the novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: racial conflict, religious conflict, and familial conflict. Racial conflict has existed since the colonization of Native Americans and shaped discriminatory laws over time. Religious conflict influenced court rulings until the separation of church and state. Notable familial conflicts include the feud between the Hatfields and McCoys that resulted in over a dozen deaths. The document argues that these three conflicts have significantly impacted both the development of America and characters in the novel.

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    The document discusses three main types of conflict in the United States and in the novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: racial conflict, religious conflict, and familial conflict. Racial conflict has existed since the colonization of Native Americans and shaped discriminatory laws over time. Religious conflict influenced court rulings until the separation of church and state. Notable familial conflicts include the feud between the Hatfields and McCoys that resulted in over a dozen deaths. The document argues that these three conflicts have significantly impacted both the development of America and characters in the novel.

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    The document discusses three main types of conflict in the United States and in the novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: racial conflict, religious conflict, and familial conflict. Racial conflict has existed since the colonization of Native Americans and shaped discriminatory laws over time. Religious conflict influenced court rulings until the separation of church and state. Notable familial conflicts include the feud between the Hatfields and McCoys that resulted in over a dozen deaths. The document argues that these three conflicts have significantly impacted both the development of America and characters in the novel.

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    JakeIhrke

    33115
    AmericanLiteratureandComposition

    ConflictinAmerica

    TherearemanykindsofconflictintheUnitedStatesofAmerica.Themost
    prominenttypeofconflictsareracialconflict,religiousconflict,andfamilialconflict.
    ThesethreetypesofconflictarewidelycommonamongmanyUScitizens,andplaya
    hugeroleinthenaturalevolutionofsociety,andisthereforeessentialtoitsgrowth.
    Throughthehelpofreligious,racial,andfamilialconflict,theUShasshapeditselfits
    laws,anditscustoms,anditsgovernmentintothecountryitistoday.
    RacialconflictisanimportantpartofthehistoryoftheUnitedStates.Racismis
    thebeliefthatallmembersofeachracehavetraitsorabilitiesspecifictotheirrace,and
    thatthismakestheminferiortootherraces.Racismhasexistedthroughoutthehistory
    oftheUS,andhasshapedlawsandstandardsofeachera.WhentheUScolonistsfirst
    cametotheUS,NativeAmericansweretreatedasinferior,andlabeledassavages.
    Obviouslytheywereraisedwithdifferentculturesandbeliefs,sothisisfalse.However,
    intheyearsfollowing,theyweregivensignificantlylessprivilegethanmenofother
    races.ThisisnottheonlyincidentofracialconflictthroughoutUShistory,though.Inthe
    novel
    TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn
    ,themaincharacter,Huck,fakeshisdeathto
    escapehisabusivefather.HethenmeetsupwithanAfricanslavenamedJim.Huck
    actuallyrespectsJimbytreatinghimasanequal,whiletherestofthecharactersare
    outtokillhim.Thiswasverycontroversialforthetime,andcreatedalotofconflictthat
    existsevennow.Racialconflictwillcontinuetoexistthroughouthumanitysexistence,

    justasithassincehumanitysbeginning.
    ReligiousconflictisanotherveryprominentinbothAmericashistoryand
    The
    AdventuresofHuckleberryFinn
    .ThroughoutthehistoryoftheUS,religionhasbeena
    bigissuebeforetheseparationofChurchandState.Religionplayedalargepartin
    court,andhowjudgesprosecutedpeople.Ifthedefensewasntoftherightreligion,he
    orshecouldbesentencedwithoutanyfurthertrials.Eventually,theSeparationof
    ChurchandStatemadesurethatreligionplaysnopartinacourtoflaw.Thishas
    resultedinlawsuitsbeingfairtobothsides,ratherthanbaseeverythingoffofreligious
    beliefs.In
    TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn
    ,Huckisveryconfusedastowhyhehas
    toprayeverynight,whenhewaslivingwithWidowDouglass.TheWidowwouldtellhim
    topray,andhewould,buthewouldseeitasunnecessary,orhewouldthinkthathes
    notthekindofpersontogetwhathewants.Here,Huckisconfused,andhasinner
    conflict.Heseesthatalotofpeoplepray,buthedoesntthinkitneedstobedone.This
    isanexampleofreligiousconflict.
    FamilyconflictisanotherkeytypeofconflictpresentthroughoutUShistory,and
    in
    TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn
    .AccordingtoTheHistoryChannel,oneofthe
    mostfamousfamilyconflictswasbetweentwofamilies:TheHatfieldsandtheMcCoys.
    Theirconflictdatesbackto1865,however,theirmostfamouserabeganin1882,when
    threemenfromtheMcCoyfamilygangeduponandkilledamanfromtheHatfield
    family.TheHatfieldfamilyrespondedbycapturingthesethreemenandkillingthem.
    Moredeathsensued,resultinginoveradozendeathsforbothfamilies.Throughoutthe
    years,however,thefamilieshavestoppedfightingandhaveevenappearedona

    gameshowtogether.Theimportanceofthiseventcomesfromthefactthat,whilethey
    wereabletosettletheconflict,itdidclaimlives.In
    TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn,
    themostprominentfamilialconflictistherelationshipbetweenHuckandhisfather.
    Throughoutthebook,readerslearnofhowterribleafatherPapwastoHuck,andthisis
    provenwhenPapcomesbackandkidnapshuck,onlytoattempttostealmoneyfrom
    him.InhisshorttimewithPap,huckisabusedmentallyandphysicallybyPap,through
    theuseofbeatingsandvulgarlanguage.Thisrelationship,unliketheaforementioned
    conflictbetweentheMcCoysandtheHatfields,isnevermended.HuckescapesPapby
    fakinghisdeathusingpigbloodandabagofrocks.Thisrelationshipisimportant
    becauseitshowshowbadsomeoneslifecanbeifonesparentsarecompletely
    negligent.Itisaprimeexampleoffamilialconflict.
    Conflicthasplayedahugeroleinboth
    TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn,
    and
    theUnitedStatesasacountry.Ithasshapedcharacters,aswellaslaws.Religious
    conflictwasahugepartofUShistory,andwasahugepartofthejudicialsystem.
    Familiyconflicthassparkedsmallwarsbetweenfamilies,andcanbeemotionallyand
    psychologicallydamagingtoachild,andlawshavebeenmadetopreventthis.Racial
    conflicthasexistedsincebeforetheUSwascolonized,andstillexiststothisday.
    Conflictisunavoidable,butitisnotalwaysanegativething.Therehavebeenvery
    positiveresultsinthepast,andtherewillbeinthefuture.

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