Research Paper On Nightjohn By Gary Paulsen

Do you think losing a friend or not getting to go over to a friends house or even not eating what you want for dinner is a big deal? See what slaves had to go through and what they were forced to do. The short historical novel “NightJohn” is about how the owner named Waller, the man that lived in the white house bought a slave named Nightjohn, man that didn’t give any reactions to being beaten and taught Sarny, a young girl born into slavery how to read, write, and tell numbers even when it was against the rules. Although Gary Paulsen’s novel, NightJohn, is considered historical fiction, the descriptions of families splitting up, strength of the people, and learning how to read, write, and knowing numbers. Women that were breeders were separated from their babies after 12 months of raising and feeding them and then the child is sent to slavery and raised by some other women. The young girl Sarney was taken from her mammy at a young age and raised by another mother. Most children are taken away from there families at a young age, but if there lucky they left at 7 years old and sometimes even longer. Most children are taken away because they were bought by other slave owners which became there new master. While slaves are kids they are sold around throughout childhood. Children aren’t strong and tough yet

NightJohn and other slaves worked on the slaves all day in the hot sun. Slaves worked in the fields and harvest crops all day in any kind of weather cause it didn’t matter. Slaves were owned by white people and didn’t have a choice of what they wanted to do. Slaves sometimes had to do work when they were naked because there owners forced them to. This happened to them if they disobeyed the rules and if the master caught them. Working as a slave wasn’t easy at all. There master worked them all day not caring if they are sick or not or is they are exhausted, it didn’t