Questions

I enjoy reading Huckleberry Finn but there are many things that I question within the story. First off, why is the book called The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn? I think Mark Twain was making a sarcastic remark. Where did the name Huckleberry Finn even come from? On the cover of our book there is a black adult male and a white young boy on a raft. Is this representative of Jim and Huck going across the lake? I think Mark Twain was trying to express the fact that black and white people could be on a somewhat common ground.
Why is Huck so intrigued by Tom Sawyer if Huck is seemingly smarter? I think we are all intrigued by our friends and peer presure and curiosity make us do things sometimes even if we don't always agree with them.
What did the widow's husband die from? Why is Huck's father so evil? I think something in his past has made him an alcoholic and made him very spiteful and he seems to be a racist. What happened to Huck's mom? If Huck ran away in the beginning and only returned to join Tom's group of robbers, why didn't he leave again after resigning from the group? Why if Huck hates his father's drinking so much does he still give him money? Especially if he still gets beaten by his father? Why does Jim decide to leave all of sudden? Why would he leave his wife and kids? Why didn't Huck take an opportunity to leave his father earlier? Why does Huck purposely anger his father if he knows his father will beat him? Was Huck's father always abusive? How did Huck get so street smart? I think Huck has tried to escape and has to be on his own alone because his father was never there for him so he had to learn for himself. Both Huck and Jim are searching for freedom and that is what bonds them. What would a modern day Huckleberry Finn be like? I'm not sure what a modern day Huck would be. I mean I'm sure there are kids who go through things like this. Yet we wouldn't know about it because these kids are usually runaways and you never really know what happens to them out on the street and they're forved to grow up fast.
posted by Nateil O.