Analysis Of Sharon Draper's Williams, Copper Sun

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Williams, Copper Sun

Copper Sun by Sharon Draper is an emotional story. The story is about Amari, a teenage

African girl who is kidnapped by slave traders. Amari was put into slavery and forced to work on

a rice plantation, but she fought her way out. She was taken from her village and sold to the

highest bidder. The only thing Amari hopes for is survival. Amari experiences many different

emotions during her journey. The two most powerful emotions are fear and sadness. One day, strangers from another village visited Amari’s village. The chief, Amari’s dad,

welcomed them with wine and prayers. They had a big celebration. The chief told stories, they

danced and played drums. All of a sudden, big explosions started to happen. There
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She felt heartbroken and didn’t know why the

Ashanti people did that. “One moment they were leaping over a fallen log, and the next moment

she heard Kwasi moan softly, then his hand slipped slowly from hers. A spear had sliced through

his whole little body”. The reason Amari felt sad was because her little brother died in her hands.

After they killed Kwasi she didn’t care about anything, so she lost hope.“The following night

Amari was taken by two sailors. They took turns. She wanted to die.” Amari felt sad because her

dreams were finally and forever destroyed. Amari was filled with shame and just wanted to die.

My whole thought on the story is that it was very informing, interesting, but i didn’t like

the book but at the same time i did . I didn’t like the book because it was based on slavery which

a was very cruel and ignorant time. The story was mainly based on african americans who were

kidnapped, murdered, beaten and raped. I liked the book because I like to read books that are

actually based on something that really happened. Sharon Draper made every detail of the book

seem so real. The book got better to me towards the end when Amari finally had freedom

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