Summary Of Nightjohn By Gary Paulsen

There are many events that occur within chapters 6, 7, & “Words” in Nightjohn by Gary Paulsen. To start, on the second night after he got his two middle toes cut off, John taught Sarny “H”. After he tells Sarny how to pronounce letters and has a flirtatious conversation with Mammy, he breaks the news that he is planning on escaping from the plantation for a short period of time. Sarny thought that this was stupid, because she thought that the dogs would be able to catch up to him, but Nightjohn had a plan that would be able to get the dogs off him. This plan was to sprinkle pepper on his shoes, and since dogs hate pepper, they would not follow him, but to Sarny’s surprise, he got away safely, however Sarny’s troubles came around because in