Erskine Caldwell's Daughter

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Have you ever gotten away with something that you shouldn’t have gotten away with? In the short story “Daughter” by Erskine Caldwell, the main character Jim shot his eight year old daughter because he couldn’t feed her and she was repeatedly saying that she was hungry. He was unable to feed her because he lost all his shares and didn’t have any money. At the end of the story, he was allowed to walk free. This was very wrong. He killed an eight year old girl in cold blood. He didn’t have to kill her. Many people in the town would have helped him if they knew there was a problem. He was also a danger to himself and/or others. He will likely kill again, either himself or someone else. The townspeople letting Jim go was a big mistake. Jim is