to have courage. Most people have the ideas of making a difference‚ but don’t have the courage to do anything about it. In the story NightJohn by Gary Paulsen‚ NightJohn shows us how to have courage‚ when everyone else would turn the other way. Foremost‚ NightJohn had escaped from slavery already‚ but came back to teach slaves how to read and write (page 55). NightJohn could’ve just stayed in the North where it was safer‚ but instead he came back‚ because he realized how important it was for slaves
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When NightJohn she did what she had to do. What really stuck out was when NightJohn and Sarny both showed freedom‚ bravery‚and leadership. It takes a lot to show and do all of those things‚ it’s hard for me to even wake up in the morning. The two main people that will be said throughout this is Sarny and NightJohn. Now Sarny is a little 10-12 year old and can have an attitude towards other slaves but when she is with her masters she respects them and doesn’t talk back‚ but when NightJohn came she
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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
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The story “Nightjohn” is about slave’s life. The main character Sarny is a slave child who’s real mom is a breeder‚ she was taken away from her when she was young so she was raised by another slave - Mammy. There are some different stories in the book about how slaves were treated‚ they were treated horridly. Nobody then or even now a day deserves to be treated the way they were. Because of Sarny something really bad occurs that gets others she cares about involved. The story “Nightjohn” by Gary Paulsen
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Nightjohn was an escaped slave. He had escaped from the south but had come back to teach other slaves how to read and write.He returned to the south to teach secret schools at night.That is how he got his name Nightjohn.His name was just John.John had been caught at night going to pick up the students he was going to teach. A man came by the house owned by a man named Clel Waller.He bought nightjohn from the man.And that’s the first time that Sarny saw Nightjohn. Clel Waller was the slaveholder
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Mrs. Barrows Us History I 25 August 2012 Nightjohn Reflection Questions Chapter I 1. The narrator of this story is Sarny and she’s twelve years old. 2. This story is told in first person. 3. Clel Waller is Sarny’s owner. 4. Sarny doesn’t care or really respect Waller because when he isn’t around she calls him dog droppings and many other names. 5. Sarny is not dumb and how I know this is because she’s just quiet and listens to learn new things
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As we can see in the novel NightJohn slaves do not have the right to read or write‚ if they are caught the slaves will have a toe or finger cut off. This shows people that a slave has their basic rights taken away and if they are disobedient they will have to face a terrible punishment such as mammy did. As in the book NightJohn‚ when NightJohn told Walter he was teaching Sarny to read Walter gave NightJohn a cruel punishment as cutting of his middle toes. That shows
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responsibility? This is something that people ask themselves every day. It can be a confusing and debatable topic‚ but I think that it is a privilege to go to school and get an education. Everyone should have an equal opportunity to have an education. In Nightjohn only the people in the white house get to learn reading‚ writing‚ and many other educational skills. But the slaves are not even aloud to learn the alphabet. You can see how seriously the people in the white house take the slaves not learning. Just
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Do you think slavery right or wrong the choice is up to you. In the book NightJohn Gary Paulsen depicts the life of a slave through a twelve year old slave child. The twelve year old slave child’s name is Sarney and her job is to tend to the gardens in front of the “white house” were her owner Waller and his wife live. Gary Paulsen develops the character of Sarney in NightJohn through her actions and her dialect to depict the life and knowledge of a slave. Gary Paulsen uses Sarney’s actions
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relatively hopeless life. Her chief duties at the plantation of Clel Waller are serving at table‚ spitting tobacco juice on roses to prevent bugs‚ and secretly conveying intimate messages between Waller ’s wife‚ Callie‚ and Dr. Chamberlaine. Then Nightjohn arrives. A former runaway slave who bears telltale scars on his back‚ he takes Sarny under his wing and‚ in exchange for a pinch of tobacco‚ secretly begins to teach her to read and write a crime punishable by death. "Words‚" he says‚ "are freedom
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