This was a smart busines move. Buying the building was a smart business move. A shift in verb tense. When you are writing about literature, use the present tense consistently. Joins should be in the present tense.
Verbs are the very heart of a sentence, and a good choice of verb can improve a sentence enormously.
Huck wanted to escape the strictness of life with Widow Douglas. Overuse of the passive voice also causes wordy sentences. The authorities placed Huck in another home because his father had a reputation for lying and drinking. Huck decides that he should go into town while Jim stays on the raft or hides to avoid capture as a runaway slave. Problem in choice of word or phrase.