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Showing Love Through Pain In Nightjohn

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Showing Love Through Pain

In the novel, Nightjohn, a theme is Showing Love through pain . This theme can be seen through three different events Mammy told the master that she didn’t know sarny was writing or who was teaching her, Night Jon told waller the master that he was the one teaching sarny to read, and Night Jon came back after he escape to talk to sarny.

The theme is Showing Love through pain because Mammy told the master that she didn’t know sarny was writing or who was teaching her Mammy was on the spring house saying I don’t know how sarny learned to read. At this moment Night Jon Confessed to teaching Sarny how to read. This is when master Waller said well go down to the spring house. Waller ended up cutting his toes clean of. Waller then had two field Hands to Hold one of John's, but he put the Chisel in the middle toe swung the hammer thunk the toe clean off jump away squirting blood ever where. (Paulsen page 75).This shows the theme because.Nightjohn own up to teaching sarny how to read therefore he got his toes cut off …show more content…

Waller caught Sarny writing in the dirt After that Waller went to mammy and said who is teaching sarny to read mammy said I do not know.Waller the beat up Mammy and hung her at the Spring house.John step forward and said let her be she don't know nothing about it it was all me ”Waller look at him the way a cat looks at a mouse caught in a corner he smiled with a ugly smile”(Paulsen 72)This shows the theme because .Night John told Waller that he was the one teaching sarny to read therefore he was the one who was going to

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