Chapter 4 Of Nightjohn By Gary Paulsen

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In the novel NightJohn by Gary Paulsen, chapter four is mainly about Sarny’s memory of how bad it is to try to run away from the Plantation. Sarny first has a flashback to when Jim a field hand tried to run away from the plantation; In response, Clel Waller the slave master set the dogs at him while Jim tried to hide in a tree. He was unsuccessful and whipped while the dogs ate at his skin. Furthermore, Pawley was a slave on the Plantation when he tried to visit a girl on another nearby plantation. He has done this multiple times before, but tonight he overslept and was caught. Once again, Clel Waller set the dogs on the slave and made a cut in him which caused Pawley to bleed to death. In addition, Alice was a slave on Clel’s plantation