because he can start living uncivilized again
huck was going to school :]
in hucks room
When Huck got rich, Pap Finn came back to get some of his money. He wanted to get Huck's money. A+
In "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," Huck's father is named Pap Finn. Pap Finn is depicted as an abusive and alcoholic character who resurfaces in Huck's life causing trouble for him. Huck goes to great lengths to escape from his father's oppressive and harmful influence.
In Chapter 6, Pap returns to Huck's life primarily because he wants to extort money from Huck. Pap learns that Huck has come into a large sum of money and sees an opportunity to capitalize on it. He is manipulative and abusive, causing Huck to feel trapped and desperate to escape his influence.
Pap tries to kill Huck because he is angry that Huck has money and refuses to give it to him. Pap feels entitled to use Huck's money for alcohol and believes that Huck owes it to him. This demonstrates Pap's selfish and abusive nature towards Huck.
Pap wanted to find Huck because he was after his money. Pap viewed Huck as his property and wanted to control him for personal gain.
Huck recognizes the tracks of Pap, his abusive father, in the snow. Huck is frightened after seeing them because he knows that Pap is a dangerous and unpredictable person.
He was the dead man they found floating in the river.
He wanted to protect him from the knowledge. Also, internally, he knew that if Huck didn't have a reason to be hiding out on the island, and later to head towards "free territory" than he himself would be out of luck.
Pap was trying to kill Huck because he wanted access to Huck's money, which was being held in a trust and couldn't be accessed by Pap. He saw Huck as a means to get his hands on the money and believed that by getting rid of Huck, he could access it.
Huck's father, Pap, did not want him to go to school because he believed education was not necessary and that it would not be beneficial to Huck's future. Pap preferred Huck to follow in his footsteps and live a rough, uneducated life like him.