The story is about Jim's ornery daughter who had scarlet fever for a few years. During that time things were difficult for her and she eventually became deaf. She was therefore not able to respond to others as easily and it was hard for her to understand certain things. This whole process made Jim very sad and one morning Huck wakes up and Jim was thinking about what had happened again and he explained everything to Huck. Jim was in tears and very sad and Huck must've felt sorry for him.
The most shocking part about the story is when Jim tried talking to her daughter and she did not respond and ignored him. She couldn't help it though. This shows a different side to Jim that we haven't seen much in the novel so far. Jim is more sensible to things than what we thought he was. This also shows the affection and care that he still has towards his family. Even though he is living a good life now some of his family still isn't and his emotions for them will never leave.
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Elliott!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I thoroughly enjoyed your blog!!! I wrote about the same thing! You said that you were surprised that he would hit his daughter, and I was too. I also wrote about how this showed compassion on Jim's part. Great Work
Elliot I completely agree with you. The story of Jim's daughter humanizes Jim to the point where we have not seen before out of any character in this book so far expect for in Huck. While the story is there primarily to humanize Huck, I could also see it as serving as to make the book more emotional.
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