Freedom In Nightjohn

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Freedom is key It is important to have freedom in your life, even if it’s not exactly how you want it to be like. Having freedom in life generally, will make your life better because you get to be you. In NightJohn, by Gary Paulsen, readers learned that having freedom allows you to live the life you want to live. To begin with, NightJohn was determined he would make it. He would make it somewhere besides a slave owner's land, somewhere he could be free. NIghtJohn just wanted to be free he was sick of being owned by someone he hated. So he kept going until he made it. The quote ”I went north all the way" (page #54) means he was not going to give up on freedom. The word freedom meant too much to him to just not try at all to escape because he knew having freedom was a whole different life. Another example is, being a slave such as Sarny, she was very sad and grew up in quarters having to do what she was told even if she didn’t feel comfortable doing what she was told. Sarny wanted to be free like NightJohn and not worry about being a slave. ”I sat in the dark, in the corner of the quarters, wishing I could go back a season to where I didn’t have the troubles” (page #85). All slaves just dreamed of the word freedom. The quote means Sarny wanted to go to a time where having slaves was not the right thing to do. …show more content…

The quote ”They’re are all smiling at me” (page #87) is explaining the first time Sarny saw NightJohn from when he was a freed slave. He was smiling and everyone he was with was also smiling. This shows NightJohn becoming free made him happier than ever. Also the quote “He smiled. Took my hand” (page #85) means NIghtJohn was all smiles he didn’t care where life was taking him from there he was just thankful that he was not owned by Waller anymore. Having freedom made NIghtJohn realize having freedom allows you to have the life you always dreamed

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