Copper Sun Character Analysis

Copper Sun, was written by Sharon M. Draper. It tells about an African female named Amari and Draper uses a lot of different ways to get people into the story. She uses a lot of emotion in her book, and two of the strongest emotions are fear and affection.
Amari feels tons of fear throughout the entire novel. The part where she experiences fear the most is when her village is being attacked. The reason she felt afraid was because of the strange people attacking her village regardless of her village showing lots of hospitality and being very friendly. On page 12 it states, “Amari watched, aghast, as a mother with her baby wrapped on her back tried to flee…”. The impact this had on the story was that she was learning how the world could be cruel, …show more content…
On page 3 it states, “Amari and Besa had been formally betrothed to each other last year. They would be allowed to marry in another year.”. The reason she felt affection was because she knew her fiance was coming around. The impact this part of the story had on the rest of the story was it telling the reader their relationship and how they felt for each other before a very big part in the story came in. My reaction to this at the time was a feeling of happiness because of how peaceful it was. You can also find affection on page 37, where Afi asks if Amari cares for Besa. It states, “He is special to you, am I right?’ ‘Oh, yes!......We were to be married”. The impact this had on the story was that Afi had to tell Amari that he should be dead to her, making her stronger for a later date. What I felt was that of anger, of how Afi told Amari to forget about her fiance. Another example of her showing affection is on page 69, when Amari and Besa huddled near each other to speak to one another. It states, “My lovely Amari....” and “Better, now that you are here.”. The impact this had on the story was to show that they still had love for one another, and how they had to be split apart because of how Besa was slashed with a