“Find beauty wherever you can child, it will keep you alive” Amari a 15 year old girl who was auctioned off to be a slave for a white man. In the book Copper Sun the author tells the story in many points of views. This book is told in different point of views because, it furthers the plot of an important event in the book. The author uses different points of view throughout the book so you can know both sides of the story. In chapter 9, it tells us that Amari was trying to learn some english from the redheaded sailor. We are in Amari’s point of view so we can deepen our understanding of the event. When the story is being told about certain characters at different time we can deepen our understanding and learn more about what is happening. For example, if one chapter of the story is being told in Polly’s standpoint, and then we start talking about Amari in the next chapter, then we can get more information about the part of the book. When the author writes in different point of views, we can know what each character is thinking about and we can know more about that event. …show more content…
For example when Amari talks to Polly, we want to be in Amari’s point of view so that we can understand what she is thinking, and know more information of that topic. When Amari and the others see Polly, the writer writes the point of view in Polly’s standpoint. The author does this because then we know what Polly is thinking and how she feels about these new African Americans. When Amari walks off of the ship we don't get that much information about how she feels, however the writer write this part of the book in Polly’s point of view so that this way we can understand what she is thinking and about how she