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Analysis Of Night John By Gary Paulsen

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“She don’t know nothin. It was me that taught the girl letters” NightJohn by Gary Paulsen. A girl name Sarny got taken away from her mother when she was born into slavery. Mammy was the one who raised all the young ones, so mammy raised her for the years. Then a man named John came and was there for teaching her to read and write. Sarny got caught one day and Waller thought it was mammy, and mammy almost got punished for Sarny drawing the word “bag” in the dirt. John wanted to leave to do something but came back to start a school. No matter what happens fight for what you think is right. John kept teaching Sarny to read even though he got punished for it. Sarny kept learning even though she could get punished if she got caught. Sarny kept writing and got caught and punished for it. The first way that no matter what happens fight for what you think is right, is shown when John kept teaching Sarny how to read after he got punished. “You know what he’ll do if he catches you teaching letters again? You ain’t got so many more toes” (Paulsen p.g 80). Even though John got his two middle toes cut off, he still wanted to teach Sarny how to read. John got punished for teaching Sarny, Sarny also fought for what she thought was right. …show more content…

Sarny kept learning even though she could get punished, like she has before. “That’s a good start. They don’t know more than one or two. So you can help me until we get to know how many you know. Then we can all work together” (Paulsen p.g 88). Sarny went with John, John told her to help him teach letters. The more they would teach the “students” then they would all be able to work together. As Sarny kept learning she started teaching letters. Even though she could get caught by Waller, and get punished again Sarny kept doing for what she

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