Nightjohn Pride And Prejudice

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A bunch of slaves on a plantation and none know a thing about reading or writing someone comes to help what will happen? NightJohn was an incoming slave from another plantation being sold to the next and wanted to teach kids and other slaves how to read and write. Slaves deserve to be treated equal no matter what. The themes I found were the most important are Prejudice, Bravery, and leadership. Prejudice is the first theme that Is big for the book. It is never right for an individual to own another. In the book and the movie the slaves were thought of as property and tortured when they did something wrong. Slaves are still human it doesn't matter the color of their skin or what they do differently from everyone else they’re still human and it's not right to treat them poorly because of it. They can’t help the color of …show more content…

All slaves are brave in some way. In NightJohn the slaves would read, write, steal, etc just to help the other slaves and themselves. Slaves would have never learned how to read or write without bravery and the world would probably still have slaves today if they weren't brave enough to take some chances. The owners of the slaves thought slaves didn't know anything because that's how they thought, they thought slaves were dumb and would never learn how to read but the other slaves knew just what they were doing. The final theme that's very important in NightJohn is leadership. NightJohn is for sure the leader of all the slaves even though he doesn't want to think of himself as higher than the other slaves. He teaches the other slaves the alphabet and eventually how to read and write. He even has a bunch of kids go into the woods at night for “school” to teach them how to read and write. He’s also considered a leader because when the other slaves will get in trouble he will take the blame and the punishment without even doubting it. NightJohn doesn't just prove he’s a good leader he proves he’s a good

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