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Sarny

Gary Paulsen

An exciting theme in Sarny is,” good things come to those who work for it.” Sarny helped other slaves to read. As it is quoted, she said, “One would help two, two would help four, and nearly everybody came to know reading and writing.” She work so hard and in return, she had taught almost every slave to read and write. Sarny said that she would do whatever it takes to get her children back. She decided that she was going on a life long journey in search of her children. Sarny found out that her children were in New Orleans, so she escapes and finds her way to there. Working hard in search of her children, she finds them and is reunited with Tyler and Delie. “Never give up,” is just one of the themes in Sarny. Sarny had to find a job in New Orleans so that she is able to stay and find her children. She took the job and was paid twenty dollars and a place to stay. No matter how hard the obstacles were, she never gave up on finding her children. Her journey to New Orleans is another way, “Never give up,” was shown. At the beginning, she never gave up when she ran away from being a slave to traveling to New Orleans. She never lost hope in finding her children. She could have given up time, but she did not. Instead of giving up, she found her children. In the book, Sarny, “If you get knocked down, get back up and try again,” is an important theme of this novel. One way Sarny used this theme is when she was chained up in ciffs. She was trying so hard, but nothing worked. She even tried to use animal fat to slip through the hand cuffs. No matter how many times she was knocked down, she would always push herself back up. After so many temps, she was set free by Waller, the slave keeper. Another way Sarny got up and tried again was when she was building the school. She meant to build the school for those to learn how to read and write. Every time she built the school, Haggerty would tear it down. She moved from place to place, trying to build the school. No matter how many times Haggerty would knock her down, she would push herself to try again. In the end she finishes building the school.