Short answers – The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

1. The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn was first published in 1884.
2. The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn can best be described as a classic novel.
3.  Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer each received $6000 when they found money that the robbers had hidden in the cave.
4.  Huck’s dad returns because he just found out that Huck got $6000 and he wants to take it.
5. When Jim first sees Huck on the island he thinks that he is going to snitch on him because he ran away from his owner.
6.  Jim runs away from miss Watson because she intends to sell him to a slave-trader.
7.  Huck escapes to Jackson Island and discovers that Jim is a runaway too.
8.  Mark Twain’s approach to the issue of racism in Huckleberry Finn is that: all people deserves to have and live a free life even though they have a different skin colour than the majority. He shows this because Huckleberry always is helping Jim out of trouble.
   (Lars Rudi – Couldn’t agree more)
   After reading the book I guess that Mark Twain is not a racist and he thinks it’s a bad thing.