Copper Sun Character Analysis

Copper Sun, by Sharon Draper, is a telling of the story of a fifteen-year-old girl named Amari. It tells about her being taken from her home in Africa, being sold into slavery, her tales in the house she was sold to, and her escape. Many strong emotions are displayed,especially through Amari, two that were very brightly displayed were fear and sadness. Fear is a distressing feeling or emotion, everyone will feel fear at one point, it’s caused by impending danger, evil, pain, etc. During the story, Amari felt fear so many times, here are three of the times. In Part One, chapter nine, a red-headed sailor took Amari when they were on the boat. She thought she was going to be raped by the man, but instead the red-headed man taught her English. “‘Scream!’ he yelled at her harshly./ Amari did not know what he meant, so she just sat there, about to faint from fright.” -page 51. In Part Five, chapter twenty-four, Tidbit is taken by Clay to be used as gatorbait, Amari was taken with Clay and his friends too. She was fearful that Tidbit was going to be hurt. Tidbit survived, but Amari showed that she was sick of being docile. “‘Stop!’ she cried hysterically. ‘Please stop! Bring Tidbit back. Please!’ She broke down sobbing.”-page 161. In Part Seven, chapter thirty-five, Clay finds Amari while she was running to Spanish territory. Clay grabbed her and threatened her, but Polly had gotten the gun and
The only difference was one had a chance to leave eventually, the other did not. I personally did not enjoy the book immensely. There were some points that were interesting, but overall it was not my favorite. I was not able to feel connected to the book. The feel of the book overall was sadness, and even though I have felt sadness, it had never been that concentrated or painful. I did enjoy certain points, and I could relate slightly. Such as the lost feeling Amari seemed to have throughout the