Copper Sun Character Analysis

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Copper Sun, a book about a girl whose family and friends were killed in a slaughter by strangers. Strangers from a totally different “world” who were not there to learn customs and to be friends, but were there to make profit off of there lives. Amari despite all the things that have happened to her she has remained vigilant in finding freedom and happiness throughout the whole story. Despite all the horrific things that happen to Amari she still prevails in the end. The recurring emotions that keeps coming back throughout the book is the despair, and caring. The feeling that you can't move on anymore and provide hope for other people Amari feels constantly throughout the book. “ Amari wished she could smile at Besa to him hope, but she had …show more content…

The only thing that was always there to help most of characters in the book. One of the sailors with the reddish colored hair cared for Amari enough to teach her some words of English. Even though he could have done what everybody else was doing he found enough sympathy in his heart to help Amari. “ Water,” he said pointing to it. Amari wasn't sure what he meant. “ Water,” he said again “ Water, water, water, water.” In this part of the story what Amari needed most was someone to help her as much they could. Another person that cared enough to help Amari was Afi. “ Afi said nothing but held Amari in her arms and rocked her until the tears stopped flowing “ The times when Amari was most confused and was unsure about how to go on Afi was there to guide her. Even though Afi was in Amari’s life a short she helped her forever. “ If you die, they win. We cannot let that happen” Another character that helped Amari was Teenie. As soon as Amari got to the Derby plantation she was a sort of mother figure. “ Teenie touched Amari gently on her head. “ You got a strong spirit Myna.” After Mr. Derby viciously whipped Amari and her back was healing she was cared for by Teenie. Teenie was the closest thing to a mother figure because her cooking reminded Amari of her mother’s cooking. She cared for Amari like a mother would care for their child. “ Tidbit thought about that. Then he asked solemnly, “ Will you be my mama now, Amari?” She hugged him tightly. “Oh, yes. Forever I will. You will be my little boy. Always.” Amari in the this part of the book had to care for Tidbit he had no mother and Amari decided to take that motherly

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