Night John Essay

Mrs. Barrows Us History I 25 August 2012 Nightjohn Reflection Questions Chapter I 1. The narrator of this story is Sarny and shes twelve years one-time(a). 2. This story is told in foremost person. 3. Clel Waller is Sarnys owner. 4. Sarny doesnt care or really respect Waller because when he isnt around she calls him dog droppings and many other names. 5. Sarny is non dumb and how I know this is because shes just quiet and listens to fall upon new things and if she were to be dumb she wouldnt delay anything. 6. Sarnys fix is not around because she was sold when Sarny was four years old and old Delie raised Sarny. . The snuff it that Sarny does on the orchard is working around the quarters, cleanup position the yard, gathering eggs, and armed serviceing old Delie with the young ones. 8. What Sarny does at iniquity is she go ab unwraps on a pallet in the back of the long log hearthstone and thinks. Chapter II 1. Sarnys job in the flower garden was to work on the roses and h er job allows her to chew on tobacco leaves to kill bugs. 2. Clel Waller paying(a) one thousand dollars when he bought Nightjohn and this tells me that Nightjohn is worth money. 3. a. Sarnys mammy requireed in the kettle. b.Sarnys mammy prayed inside the kettle because they didnt let pray so had to whisper in it. c. Sarnys mammy prayed to be free. Chapter ternary 1. Nightjohn was brought in to the plantation with a rope to his neck. 2. The condition Nightjohn was in when brought to the plantation was bad. 3. The meals in the plantation were buttermilk down the trough, cornbread, and sometimes pieces of pork fat in two modes a day so the meals werent as good. 4. What Nightjohn did the premiere night on the plantation was teach Sarny the first letter of the alphabet and this tells me he is a genuine guy. 5.What Nightjohn tells Sarny about why reading is not allowed for slaves is that if washcloth kinsfolk find out she is going to be in more trouble than she needs. Chapter IV 1a. Alice was someone used for breeding on the Waller plantation. 1b. The first time that Alice tried to run by she was brought back and got whipped in drift of all the slaves. 1c. The next time she tried to escape she got caught and killed by dogs. 2a. Jim was a slave in the Waller plantation. 2b. What come to passed to Jim when he tried to run away was get caught because he hid in a tree and the tree wasnt proud enough to escape the dogs and got killed by the dogs. a. Pawley was a slave in Clels plantation that fell in love with a girl in another plantation. 3b. What happened to Pawley was that he got caught coming back from another planation visiting a girl and Waller cut his heels and bled to death 4. Sarny thinks its brave and stupid at the same time to escape because it would be a miracle if slaves actually make it, but they always get caught. 5. Sarny does still continue to learn earn from Nightjohn and what that tells me about her character is that she sticks in what sh e considers in. 6a.The priming why Mammy reacts the way she did when she catches Nightjohn teaching Sarny is because she could be in big trouble if the white folks find out and she has to protect Sarny from any harm. 6b. Mammys withdrawice changes from being overprotective to being calm and understanding after Nightjohn explains his reason for teaching her. 7a. Nightjohn got scars in his back before he escaped a plantation. 7b. Nightjohn returned after escaping because he came back to teach slave children how to read and write. 7c. He wants to teach slave children to read and write because he wants them to have something to confound on to and to be brave.Chapter V 1. What Sarny is learning in her lessons with Nightjohn is how to read and write. 2a. Sarny was penning in the dirt. 2b. Sarny tells Waller that he deserves to go to hell. 2c. Waller kicks Sarny in the stomach. 2d. The conflict for Sarny is external because it is surrounded by her and Waller. 2e. Mammy was punished a nd her punishment was getting shackled to the wall. 2f. Nightjohn confessed to teaching Sarny the letter and this tell me he is a brave individual. 2g. Waller cuts two of Nightjohns toes with the help of his son Robe. 2h.Sarny believes that Waller is cruel by what he did to Mammy and Nightjohn, and that he deserves postal code but the worse. Chapter VI 1. The actions that gutter takes after his toes are chopped off are admirable. He starts writing an A while all the slaves in the plantation are around him while saying he has erudite his lesson. Then he writes a B saying This is B. What I named my wife. One of the slaves then calls over Clel, their owner, and he continues with the next letter in the alphabet. While writing the letter C he says This is the letter C like a mouth open just like if you had something most-valuable to say. . Yes, I believe John will be victorious with his planned because he is a brave man and would do anything to move over his goal. 3. What John prom ises Sarny is that he will always be looking for her and she seems to believe him. I myself believe him because he seems like a man thats about his words. Chapter VII 1. Nightjohn was successful with his plan because he made it away safely and afterwards came back for Sarny like he promised. 2. What has happened to Sarny since John unexpended was that she never wrote words in the dirt learned the letters A-J. 3. Yes, John kept his promise to Sarny because he came back for her. . John takes Sarny to School and it is so secretive because the white people cant find out about it. 5. Nightjohn was at the school teaching other kids while he was gone. 6. Nightjohn teaches reading by using catalogs. 7. Sarny feels very glad that she gets to write and learn again. Chapter Words 1. In this short chapter, Sarny tells us how every night he walks to school just to teach them how to read and write. 2. What I think would happen if another chapter was added to the book is that it will tell us how Sarny is now a wise woman that sacrifices herself to help children learn how to read and write.