Nightjohn

is a story of a brave man, who showed what it means to help people. He didn’t shy at the thought of being hurt to protect others. Some would say he wasn’t great, but he taught values. Nightjohn showed three important themes that were prejudice, getting along with others, and freedom. Prejudice: Throughout Nightjohn racism was rampant. He was treated unfairly because of his color. No matter the situation, it will never be right to own another person. The color of skin doesn't make a single…

people lie about what clearly happened? Slavery is the practice of forcing people, specifically African Americans, to do labor for an owner on his or her plantation. In the novel, NightJohn, Sarny secretly starts to learn to read and write despite the risks of getting discovered. Although Gary Paulsen’s novel, NightJohn, is considered historical fiction, Paulsen accurately depicts their support between each other, their determination to learn, and their resistance to punishments in corroboration…

individuals the opportunity to rebel. An individual should violate the law when it is unreasonable towards people or it treats certain people unfairly while others are treated with protection/respect. In semester one we had watched a movie called “Nightjohn” and it explained how people of different races were treated differently and how one person was able to go against the rules in order to become equal. During this movie blacks were seen different than whites, by making them slaves and…

To teach slaves to read. Writing secretive in the dirt whether that be energetic and with good posture or when he was on brink of bleeding out from earlier cruel punishments. Nightjohn would risk everything just to teach. Would it be reading and writing, to weakly only able to teaching one letter. He escaped hell, but returned like he was going into a heavenly place. It was heaven in a way, surrounded by flames he saw the passion…

In the book Nightjohn, by Gary Paulsen, Sarny is eager to learn how to read, and write from Nightjohn. But run into trouble from their master Waller, who doesn't want slaves to know how to read, and write. But it won’t stop Sarny from learning how to read and write. Questions can help your life, even if you are in a bad situation. There is nothing wrong with being curious, and don’t let anybody tell you that there is. Sarny had been very curious how to read, and write. Even though Sarny was…

what can you learn? Nightjohn was written by Gary Paulsen and it was a story about slaves and learning to read. Nightjohn went through situations and he became a better person for it. Three themes stood out to me and they were, getting along with others, freedom, and leadership. First, the main theme I pulled from this book was getting along with others. Getting along with others is such…

afraid of what it would take to get them free. Nightjohn, a novel by Gary Paulsen, is about 12 year old Sarny who is a slave. Sarny tells of her life changing event of meeting another slave named John, who taught her many things, even though they were not allowed to learn. This book puts the awful effects of being a slave in the way of a man whose only wish is to pursue his passion and goal to teach others like him. Although Gary Paulsen’s novel, Nightjohn, is considered historical fiction, the…

trouble, but that did not stop them they kept and kept learning. The slaves have heart, they aren’t afraid of challenges or difficult times. They stand up and fight for what they believe in! Relationship with NightJohn…

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.…

help teach slaves all around the south to read. NightJohn is brought in the plantation, he is punished for escaping to the North. His owner did not know he learned how to read or write. So he stayed on the plantation. One night, NightJohn was looking for some chewing tobacco, (this is where they first meet) Sarny had chewing tobacco. So he makes a deal with her, he said “for every lip of tobacco, i’ll trade you a letter”. From then, NightJohn and Sarny start trading tobacco for letters to…