This clash between families is also satirical in terms of its relation to the Civil War. The war consisted of the northern and southern people, split into the Union and the Confederacy. Despite sharing the same history and the same land, they fight. Twain also found common ground between Huck Finn and the War by calling attention to the brotherly love that was prominent in the Preacher’s Sermon. These two events brought brother against brother. Irony is also clear for this situation, in light of the fact that even though the two families battle continually, they claim to hold the idea of 'brotherly love' in such high
