Chapter 4 Of Nightjohn By Gary Paulsen

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In chapter 4 of the book Nightjohn by Gary Paulsen the chapter focuses on why the slaves don’t run away and why Nightjohn is teaching slaves how to read and write. Chapter four starts off with a girl named Alice who is mentioned to be weird. But when she goes to the breeding shed she freaks out and becomes even more crazy. She is so crazy she runs away but eventually gets caught and has to be sewn back together. Then Jim is mentioned, another slave who ran away. He tried to run away by climbing a tree, but Waller’s dogs were able to rip him down. Another slave that is mentioned is Pawley who goes to a girl each night on a different plantation and Waller catches him and cuts him the way he would to a cow. He doesn’t mean to kill him, but he