Throughout Chapters 6, 7 and “Words,” of Nightjohn written by Gary Paulsen, there were certainly numerous significant events that had occurred. Chapter six begins with Nightjohn recovering from the unfortunate consequences he had faced due to teaching Sarny letters in the prior chapter; despite Nightjohn getting his two middle toes cut off—he still had continued to teach Sarny and began to introduce the letter H to her. While Nightjohn was teaching Sanry, he also reveals that he is planning to escape; he plans to make shoes out of rawhide, lard and peppers—the peppers in hope of throwing Waller's dogs off his trail so he can escape. By the end of the chapter, Nightjohn was able to successfully make a run for it. Furthermore, as chapter seven