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The Book Nightjohn By Gary Paulsen

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The book NightJohn, by Gary Paulsen, proves that education is important and should be valued. The book is about slavery; Sarny, a 13 year old slave, is living on a plantation when another slave, John, was bought. John really values education, so he teaches Sarny how to read and write; this is proven when John said to Sarny: “It means A—just like I said. it's the first letter in the alphabet” (Paulsen 38). John wants to teach Sarny how to read because John values education, and he wants the slaves to be able to share their story when they get out. Sarny was caught writing the word BAG in the dirt, so Waller, the slave owner, who caught Sarny punished John by cutting his two middle toes off. As proven when: “The toe came clean off” (74). That
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