Bravery In Nightjohn

Bravery is not inherent, it is rather acquired from the circumstances or situation faced in the life. People face lot of problems in their lives and to cope with those situations and move in with one's life is the sheer example of being brave.  The same has been depicted by both the authors in their respective books. First by Kaye Gibbons in her very famous book "Ellen Foster" where in the protagonist is shown as homeless girl with no one to take care of, yet she finds a way to live her life and find herself a house worth living. Second, by Mark twain in his

Courage is the ability to do something that frightens one or gives strength in the face of pain or grief. In the book Narrative Of The Life Of Frederick Douglass, Douglas shows courage throughout his years of slavery. Frederick Douglass was born into slavery and had no knowledge of his age. “ By far the largest part of slaves know as little of their ages as horses know of theirs, and it is the wish of most masters within my knowledge to keep their slaves thus ignorant”(Douglass 1). Slaves were often separated from their mothers at a very young age and Douglass was no different.

Courage’s importance comes into play if choosing to live life to the fullest. “The quality of mind or spirit that enables a person to face difficulty, danger, pain, etc., without fear.” A revealing and mysterious novel “Jasper Jones” by Craig Silvey has Jasper (14) appearing at Charlie Bucktin’s (13) home late one night. Feeling the exhilaration Charlie takes up Jaspers offer to follow him into the woods, nervous and excited they crept through the night. Charlie and Jasper discover something that never will leave their conscience.

Night john was a book about a escaped slave. He went back into the south to help other slaves escape. He taught slaves to be able to read and write. The NightJohn book was published in 1993 and the movie was created in 1996. There was bravery and prejudice even the feeling of freedom in this book and movie. NightJohn was a brave man even with the risk of slavery over his head.

The conductors who contributed to the Underground Railroad sacrificed a great deal to help other slaves escape to freedom; that showed ample amounts of bravery. Martin Luther King Jr. stood by what he believed in to make a difference for this generation. He was remembered as a great man of bravery, he wanted change for blacks and whites to be equal. However, bravery does not come naturally to some people. To be brave means possessing or exhibiting courage or courageous endurance. Bravery is the ability to allow a person to be appearing bigger than the crisis. In James McBride’s novel, Song Yet Sung, he describes three characters that exemplify in bravery who

It’s easier to brave if you don’t know how dangerous a situation is, Bruno shows this in the fable, “Boy in the striped Pajamas.” By John Boyne. This story shows that Bruno ,a nine year old boy, was brave but he could be cowardly sometimes. An example would be when he gave Shmuel food and talked to him. Then when the officer asked him if he knew Shmuel he denied it. Which showed him being cowardly.

Many people act courageously everyday and, have been since humanity came to be. Proof of this bravery can be found in Elie Wiesel's Night: During the torturous time of the holocaust, while Elie was being escorted to another camp by cattle car; he describes the death of

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?”.

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

Mark Twain once said, “Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear-- not absence of fear.” The author is discussing the existentialist view of courage. This way of thinking is often a popular theme within literature. Eliezer Wiesel’s autobiographical novel Night expresses the importance of survival skills during the atrostic time of the Holocaust. Some individuals lose their faith in God.

Bravery is an island in on ocean of fear. To be brave, is not to be fearless; Instead it is to be fearful, yet remain unmoved by that fear. This applies to the novel Code Talker by Joseph Bruchac. This is because of how the main character Kii Yazhi demonstrates leadership in the novel. Kii is a Navajo learning the American way at school soon to find out that he wants to become a Marine.

One way of being courageous is through kindness. It takes courage to give the homeless some money or food, but Roxanna, a character in the book with a loving heart, took it the the next level. So Reuben, the main character and his family were out of gas, and just barely made it a small gas station in the mountains, on a Sunday. Roxanna felt bad for these people so sold them gas, but they needed a place to stay and she offered a couple rooms to them for a couple nights. “ Or, if you’d like” she said, “I have a couple of rooms”(Enger,1790).

Bravery comes in many different forms as everyone should perceive. It comes in ways like, serving our country, standing up for others, and other simple ways. Throughout Nelle’s entire childhood, she showed tremendous amounts of bravery. Not once did any of the people associated with Nelle have to fight difficult battles on their own. Truman Capote, Nelle’s best friend, from her childhood, was the person she stood up for the most. No matter how many scraps and scrapes they

“Courage is not living without fear. Courage is being scared to death and doing the right thing anyway.”(Chae Richardson). Everyone experiences fear at some point because horrible things happen and bad times strike. But a common theme in literature is that the worst of times can bring out the best in people. “Thank You, Ma’am” by Langston Hughes, “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost, and “Doing The Right Thing” by Rick Reilly are three pieces of text that can support this idea. After reading all three texts it is evident that all the characters have a role model, who help them find the courage to do the right thing, which challenges the reader’s assumptions and judgments.

In the movie and book of NightJohn there is many lessons to be learned. NightJohn and many of the other slaves show Prejudice, getting along with others, freedom and many more. Throughout the story John helps a little girl named Sarny to read and write even though he could get caught. He gets caught and continues to teach Sarny. This is called leadership and bravery. Later when Sarny was sold she started teaching the other kids what she had learned, John without knowing made a chain.