Daughter

Jim tells a story about his ornery daughter, who had a really hard time for a few years because of her scarlet fever, and she never did what she was told or responded to people talking to her because she became deaf. Huck wakes up and find Jim thinking about this, and he is almost in tears. He was thinking of the horrible day he found out his daughter being deaf. He tried to get her attention, and she stood their ignoring him. This day was so sad for him, and meant bad news for his daughter. Now if the little girl was told to do something, she wouldn't be able to because she wouldn't hear the request, and she would be punished for it. This showed a really soft side of Jim. He was sitting there worrying about his family he left behind. We had never seen Jim cry before in the book over a topic like this. It just shows the thought process Jim has on a day to day bases. When ever he heard a pow or a noise, its thoughts would be directed to his days as a slave, and even though he was on his road to freedom now, his children and wife are still living their lives as slaves.