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Melanie Philavanh RR2 October 3, 2007 Sarny Gary Paulsen

An exciting theme in Sarny is, "Good things come for those who work for it." Sarny helped other slaves to read. As it is quoted from the book, she said, "One would help two, two would help four, and nearly everybody came to know reading and writing." She worked so hard and in returned, she had taught almost every slave to read. One part in Sarny is when Sarny said that she takes to get her children back. Sarny found that her children were in New Orleans. Towards the end of the book, she travels all the way to New Orleans. In the end, she recieves something in return, her two children Tyler and Delie. "Never give up," is just one of the great themes in Sarny. One part of the book, Sarny had to get a job in New Orleans so that she is able to stay and find her children. She was paid twenty dollars a month and a place to stay. No matter how hard the obstacle was, she never gave up on finding her children.Her Journey getting to New Orleans is another way Gary Paulsen showed the theme,"Never give up." At the beginning, she never gave up when she ranaway from being a slave to traveling to New Orlaens. SHe never lost hope in finding her children. She could've given up any time, but she didn't. Instead of giving up, she found her children. In the book, Sarny,"If you get knocked down, get up and try again," is another important theme of this novel. One way Sarny used this theme is when she was shained up in cuffs. She was trying so hard, but nothing worked. She even tried to use animal fat to slip throuhg the hand cuffs. No matter how many times she was knocked down, she got back up and tried again. Another way Sarny got up and tried again was when she was building the school. Everytime she built the school, Haggerty would try to tear it down. She meoved from place to place, trying to buid the school. In the end she finishes building the school.