It is important to have a friend that you can depend on when you need it, to give you confidence and hope in your life. Nightjohn By Gary Paulsen is a great example of this. When sarny needs someone or wants to do something that she can't because she could get beaten, nightjohn is there for her. Even if there is a risk to take you can do it if you have someone to do it for.
To start with, Sarny is a little girl, her mom got sold by a speculator so she is raised by another slave named mammy. John is a slave who loves to teach reading and writing but got caught and now only teaches sarny how to read secretly- until waler (Slaveholder) finds out someone was teaching sarny to read and Mammy gets blamed. Quickly she responds ¨I don't know
To start with, Sarny is a little girl, her mom got sold by a speculator so she is raised by another slave named mammy. John is a slave who loves to teach reading and writing but got caught and now only teaches sarny how to read secretly- until waler (Slaveholder) finds out someone was teaching sarny to read and Mammy gets blamed. Quickly she responds ¨I don't know