Chapters 17-21 Reactions and Thoughts

As a whole I found these to be very weird chapters with a lot characters and descriptions that don't seem very relevant. I also found that strangers in this book are friendly to the point that it's kind of creepy.
Chapter 17
In this chapter Huck is taken in by the Grangerford Family and gives an overwhelming amount of details about the house and family. I found this odd because within a few chapters he runs away from the family and feud so it seemed unnecessary to build such a vivid scene. I also found it odd that thus family just took in a strange boy and should no sign of trying to return him to his family. I understand that they were trying to be kind but it was a little over the top.
Chapter 18
This feud is extremely similar to the feud between the Capulets and the Montagues in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Both these families are crazy and have hold onto grudges for way too long. It;s crazy to think that feuds like this really excited in what we think is such a civilized society. I don'd know if this was the book or just me but I also found this chapter particularly difficult to understand with the accents and broken english.*
Chapter 19
Getting back with Jim and getting back onto the raft felt like retuning to the old routine until they ran into "Duke" and "King". I am still unclear whether they were just playing with the boys when they said they were royalty or if they actually introduce themselves like that. Either way I also found it creepy how friendly these grown men were to these kids alone on the river at all hours. Maybe I've been watching too much news but a lot of red flags went up for me during this situation.
Chapter 20
Duke and King showed their true colors in this chapter. Both are clearly con artists and thieves which explains why they ask so few questions of Huck and Jim. Although I found them clever and likable (which is all part of the con) I am still a little lost on their backgrounds. They explained why they were on the run briefly but not enough for me to get the whole picture. I wonder if that will come out in the future chapters?
Chapter 21
I found this chapter to be very cute to see how excited Duke and King were about the performance. I understand that it's another con to make money but it's still entertaining to picture the sword fighting on the raft. It was also hilarious to red his rendition of Hamlet's Soliloquy which, everyone in Pre-Lit knows, wasn't even close. This was a highly entertaining chapter but I still wonder if Twain is going anywhere with these characters or if they are simply filling to Huck's story.


*I also find it interesting that even when the characters pronunciate a word correctly Twain will still misspell the word. For instance he spelled "Arkansas",  "Arkansaw" which is would be read the same so I wonder why he bothered to make that distinction.