Comparing Two Families: The Hatfields And The Mccoys

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The Hatfields and the McCoys were two families that had bad blood with each other for over two decades. They both lived along the Tug Fork of the Sandy River, which zigzagged along the boundary of West Virginia and Kentucky. The recognized leader of the Hatfields was William Anderson Hatfield, otherwise known as “Devil Anse”. Randle McCoy was the leader of the McCoys. While I was reading this selection I was utterly shocked. I never knew families could struggle to get along with each other. The two families would fight over the simplest things. For example, they fought over a hog. The families had intermarried, which made things worse as family loyalties faded. I don’t agree with anything they did. The decisions they made were petty and unnecessary.

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