Examples Of Courage In Nightjohn

Nightjohn is a book about a slave who has gone through so much, he ran away from his plantation, made it all the way North and became free, but turned around and came back to teach other slaves how to read and write. He taught Sarny how to read and write for tobacco the first night he was at the plantation, and helped her get through tough times by reading, writing, and teaching her valuable lessons throughout the book. Although Nightjohn was trying to be a nice person and teach them how to read and write if they got caught the consequences would be horrible.

First of all, Nightjohn had escaped the terrors of slavery before, yet he came back, so that he could teach children to read and write. Nightjohn felt that knowledge was power. Slave owners didn’t want their slaves learning anything due to the fact that they didn’t want them to be smart, they worried that the slaves could outsmart them. Waller was included in this opinion. While explaining why they weren’t supposed to read Nightjohn mentioned, “ ‘Cause to know things, for us to know things, is bad for them. We get to wanting and when we get to wanting it’s bad for them. They thinks we want what they got.” (page 39). Sarny then mentioned that she wanted what they had. Nightjohn was trying to help Sarny get a life that she deserved. He continued to push forward, moving closer and closer to teaching Sarny how to read and write. His determination helped Sarny continue to work to get to a place that she was happy with.

Little rock, Arkansas 1957 in Warriors don’t cry by Melba Pattillo Beals, her and eight other African American, high school students integrates Central High School. Only eight of the nine that begin at Central High lasted for the full year. Melba and her eight friends face new wars every day. These are some of the traits she uses to survive her year and overcome her enemies at Central High School. Melba relies on her courage, faith, and not only her physical strength, but her mental strength as well.

This is an essay about NightJohn and how he needed to use Bravery, leadership, and freedom to gain control. NightJohn is a book about slavery and not just any slaves but NightJohn and Sarny.

Over thousands of blacks were discriminated in the 1950s because of their skin color. Blacks and whites were prohibited to go to the same school just because of their skin color. However, in the year of 1957 the Little Rock Nine were the first nine black students that integrated to Central High. If this group of people didn’t have the courage to attend Central High our schools would be extremely different today.

True bravery is when you’re aware that the odds are against you, however, you have the ability to persevere through it. Even though you don’t want to complete the task ahead of you, an inner force brings you the motivation to do it. Sincere courageousness doesn’t always entail violence; in fact, courage comes from the choices made within that affect yourself or those around you. The outcome may not always be to your advantage, but

The young adult novel Nightjohn depicts the plight of enslaved African-Americans from the point-of-view of an adolescent so that readers can feel as well as learn about the difficulties experienced by slaves in the antebellum south. The book revolves around the prohibition of teaching slaves how to read. In the novel, a former escaped slave named John teaches a young girl named Sarney how to read. John or 'Nightjohn' as he is called, slips into the slave barracks at night when the whites of the plantation are sleeping, and attempts to spread empowering knowledge to his people. John could have remained safe in the north but he chose to return because of his belief in the power of the written word.

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.

In 1993, Gary Paulsen wrote the book Nightjohn. Nightjohn is a book set in the 1850s, during slavery. It shows the thoughts and views of a twelve year old girl named Sarny. Sarny is a black slave girl, who is uneducated, malnourished, and living life the best she can. Suddenly, a man by the name of Nightjohn is brought to the plantation. Sarny traded tobacco for learning the alphabet from Nightjohn. Nightjohn ran away one night, and was thought to never return, but actually he created a hidden, underground school. Nightjohn could have been inspired by two interviews, Uncle Billy McCrea’s and Walter Calloway’s.

Through the characters introduced, we are shown that when you have courage, you can be led to standing up to something you think

When I think of Courage, I think of a superhero or a brave police officer, but actually courage is everywhere and in all of us, it’s just hidden in our everyday lives. The book “Jasper Jones” shows some examples of courage in everyday life. Courage is important because it´s the force that pushes us through times where we are really scared and the times where we are really nervous. We need courage in our lives or else we would never go outside our comfort zones and never take risks. Being courageous can persuade someone into doing something they fear.

Bravery NightJohn written by Gary Paulsen is written about a knowledged southern slave named NightJohn. NightJohn is a male slave traveling plantations teaching other slaves the tool of reading and writing. A little girl named Sarny meets NightJohn and wants to read and write. Struggling to keep a secret Sarny slowly learns while NightJohn pays the price. Traveling during nights to “pit school” NightJohn grasps the challenge with his bravery, fighting his owner, Weller, with ease.

‘’You can not be afraid to speak up or speak out for what you believe.’’

As the world expands and our communities start multiplying, it seems to be arduous to interact with people who have a 50% chance to either be kind or cruel. Sometimes those vicious people can bring you down and make you feel so small ,but what can you do stop this? Courage comes around and pushes yourself forward through life’s challenges and obstacles. If you don’t know how to use it then there are some alternatives to help your quest to find the valor in you. The dramatic novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee has the most guidance in that area. Courage is the ability for people to attempt a risky task in their lives even when the likelihood of failure is very high.

"Where Slavery is there Liberty cannot be; and where Liberty is there Slavery cannot be."- Charles Sumner . This quote relates to NightJohn due to the interest that both NightJohn and Charles Sumner because both had similar thoughts about slavery NightJohn believed slavery was not the best but went through it and Charles believes that with if there is slavery there is no equality/freedom.The fictional novel by “Nightjohn” by Gary Paulsen is historically accurate due to the fact that there Is plenty of information to back up the novela that was read.such as “Salomao Northup , twelve years a slave 1853” , “Adapted Excerpt from Heather Andrea Williams’ African American Education in slavery; Self taught”, “mingo whites Narrative” and “Excerpt