Adversity In Nightjohn By Gary Paulsen

NightJohn, a story written by Gary Paulsen.Clel Waller was a cruel man because of his punishment styles. Were these ways worth his time and were they necessary? Did Mr.Waller need slaves? Without the punishments the slaves might have not feared Mr.Waller. He instilled the feeling of fear to get the work done. The methods Clel Waller used are not appropriate. They are very cruel and offensive. Instead if slaves were rewarded the story could totally different. But also not only the slaves will be getting spoil by rewards the cruel punishment can harm the owners work done by slaves.

In chapter 4 of Nightjohn, by Gary Paulsen, many terrifying events happened. Alice, a field hand that became a breeder, ran away after being forced to breed. She didn’t get far, so she was eaten up by Clel Waller’s dogs; she didn’t die, but she was cut up very bad. Sarny, a 12 year old narrator, recalls two slaves that ran away and what happened to them. Jim ran away and when he was caught the next morning, he got eaten up by the dogs and died there. Pawley was sneaking out to meet up with a female slave on a different plantation; when he was caught, he got bitten the by the dogs, and got a big cut from Waller, so he bled to death. The night Alice ran away, Sarny learned the second and third letter of the alphabet from Nightjohn. Nightjohn

In Chapter 4 of Nightjohn by Gary Paulsen, it explains in detail what would happen to slaves during a crucial time period. On Waller's plantation Sarney remembers a time when two men tried to escape the plantation without anyone knowing. One man named JIm tried to escape the plantation to get freedom, he tried to run. The dogs, Waller, and the field hands were able to catch him because he tried to climb a small tree, the dogs were able to reach him and they shredded his legs than left his there. The second man named Pawley tried to escape for a different reason; he went to go see a girl he was dating.

Chapter 4 in Nightjohn by Gary Paulsen there are a lot of important events. Chapter 4 starts of with the story of Alice; it explains how Alice was abused. She was whipped so bad that the skin on her back was ripped and bleeding. However this is not the only time that Sarny knows of when someone was abused on her plantation. Sarny shares her knowledge on what she knows about Jim. Jim tried to escape by hopping the fence, but he was not able to because he was caught by the dogs. He ended up dying from his injuries. Sarny also knows about Pawley. Pawley was caught when he was coming back from another plantation.The dogs killed him when he came back. There is also the part when mammy caught Nightjohn teaching Sarny letters; mammy thinks that Nightjohn

This is an essay about NightJohn and how he needed to use Bravery, leadership, and freedom to gain control. NightJohn is a book about slavery and not just any slaves but NightJohn and Sarny.

In Ellie Wiesel’s non-fiction novel, Night, he is telling his experiences of living in a concentration camp. The following passage is one that gives an example of how human lives were disregarded, “Faster, you filthy dogs! We were no longer marching, we were running like automatons. The SS were running as well, weapons in hand. We looked as though we were running from them.

There is a amazing Story called NightJohn, it is written by Gary Paulsen. It is about girl named Sarny she is a 11 year old girl who also happens to be a slave. Because they are slaves they aren’t aloud to read or write. When this salve comes in named NightJohn he asks for tobacco Sarny gives him some but only so he can teach her to read and write. When Gary Paulsen is writing NightJohn he did substantial amount of research to write this story. Paulsen might of listened to and read these real slave interviews, Uncle Billy McCrea it is about a old slave and tells you what it was like and how he lived his life as a slave. Another one Paulsen might of also read is Walter Calloway it is about how his life was as a slave and some of the other slaves to.

In the story NightJohn characters learn to embrace bravery and stand up to obstacles they are not comfortable with. To begin with, the slaves take on bravery by covering up for each other. For example one day Sarny was practicing her writing in the dirt when Weller stumbles upon her. She quickly runs to Mammy and hides behind her. Weller walks in the quarters and says “Who is teaching her to read?”.

The book Nightjohn by Gary Paulsen includes a sequence of events that provides stories of times prior slaves ran away. A girl named Alice—in her own land— was always wondering and was never really working as hard as the other slaves did. She came close to the white house and Waller caught her. Later in the flashback, a boy named Jim ran away, climbed up a tree, and the dogs ate at him —he died. Finally, a boy named Pawley was sneaking out to see a girl and got caught one night, and he ran away. The dogs started to chase after him, and ate him, but did not kill him. He bled to death and since he was not a breeder; Waller let him die. After, Alice ran away, and the dogs ate at her, Mammy sewed her up and she lived—it was a sense of hope for

When Mr.Waller asked her who taught her the letter she said she didn't know anything about about letters, Sarny then ran to her Mammy well knowing Waller had access to her wherever she went she knew she was trapped. When Waller approached Mammy he asked her who was teaching the letters in hope that she would tell him, when she didn’t Waller grew angry and decided the best way to fix the issue was to punish Mammy to show the other slaves what happens when you keep secrets and try to gain knowledge. Mammy showed courage when she lied for Sarny and NightJohn when she pretended as if she know nothing of the learning. Once NightJohn saw that Mammy was taking the blame for Sarny writing he burst out and yelled “She dont know nothing. It was me that thought the girl the letters” (72). This courageous act changed both NightJohn and Sarnys life forever. Because NightJohn said this he was severely punished, however afterward NightJohn was fed up with being mistreated he decided to start the pit school, and good came out of his

Everyone knows what it is like to have a day that completely drains them. One comes home after a long, tough day and just wants to collapse at the door. Life is full of adjunct things that complicate day to day things, and more than anything, make life a pain in the neck. These little specks of adversity are like the an ice sculptors chisel and hammer. They can change a person and make them into something amazing, or they can cause them to shatter. Kevin Conroy said that, “Everyone is handed adversity in life. No one’s journey is easy. It’s how they handle it that makes people unique.” Adversity is a part of everyone’s life in some way. How do the books Night by Elie Wiesel and tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom show adversity in the lives

The use of blunt language constantly throughout his narrative conveys the lives of suffering slave during the 1800’s. The author states that “He dealt sparingly with his words, and bountifully with his whip” when discussing how the slaveholders treated the ones they thought

The tragic stories of slaves have been told and their struggles to survive shows the dark side of slavery in the history of the United States. NightJohn, a novel by Gary Paulsen portrays the heartbreaking scenes that are told through the eyes of a 12-year girl. The girl, named Sarny describes in detail some event in slavery. Slavery was not only an act of "Americans" keeping humankind as property but also involved disturbing actions taken towards slaves. Oppressive restrictions, resistance to conditions, brutal punishments, and support to one another are all contributors in the stories of slaves and in NightJohn making the novel historically accurate.

Rion calmed from his night terror easily, and he and Percival went back to sleep. When morning arrived, Rion shot out of bed with a grin, full of his typical energy. He had no memory of his tears and screaming the previous night, which was just as well; the boy deserved peace after all the heartache he had weathered.

“In a Dark time” by Theodore Roethke gives a retrospect into the inner turmoil’s of finding oneself through a haze of doubts in till reaching a moment of clarity. Each section of the poem describes a different emotion, or inner thought that spirals from fear of death, to emotions of desire. The use of imagery between nature and uncertainties of the narrator give a glimpse into Roethke’s own mind during the time he wrote this poem. Without hundreds of pages Roethke created a poem that connects readers to their own self-doubts and struggles of finding ones way again.