6/6/2023 0 Comments Nightjohn novel![]() Knowing that John came it naked, Sarny knows that he obviously has nothing to trade but, at the same time, she is intrigued by his question. ![]() That night, in the sleeping barracks, John calls out and asks if anyone has any tobacco to trade. She wonders why Waller would buy a slave that is obviously difficult to train. Immediately, Sarny sees the scars that criss-cross new slave's back. ![]() Waller has stripped John naked and forced him to run through the dirt, pulling the cart by his neck. Waller is a cruel master who regularly beats his slaves. The next day, she sees this new slave named John attached to Waller’s horse cart pulling his new master back home. Sarny is intrigued but knows better than to ask any questions. ![]() One day while Sarny is outside the big house, she overhears Waller’s wife complaining that her husband has spent $1,000 on a new slave. The story is narrated by Sarny, a slave on the Waller plantation. Nightjohn by Gary Paulsen is set in the South before the Civil War. ![]()
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