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Write a PERSONAL RESPONSE to a SPECIFIC MOMENT in the second third of your novel. 1500 character limit.
In the second third of the Copper Sun, there was evidence of cruelty that can be connected to the world we live in today. Clay has three friends who visited him from Charles Town, and they want to go alligator hunting along Ashley River. They decide that using Tidbit, Teenie’s four-year-old son as bait for the alligators would be perfect. “If you can swim faster than those gators, you get to go home to your mama, understand?’ Tidbit quivered and nodded. He looked at Amari one last time before Clay picked him up and abruptly tossed him into the river” (159). In 1982, boys as young as 9 years old were sent to serve as minesweepers in …show more content…
Prove this statement using TWO specific moments from the first third of the novel. 1300 character limit.
The author of copper sun used foreshadowing to create an emotional impact on the reader. Amari and the indentured servant, Polly, were sent to help Isabelle Derby give birth to the baby by her husband, Percival, the slave owner. As soon as the baby came out, Isabelle passed out, Amari and Polly knew they were in a big mess after they found out, “BLACK BABY. WHITE MAMA. BIG TROUBLE”(169)! At this point of the novel, the reader is expected to know that Percival is a very cruel man, and he will do anything to prove his authority. The reader knows he would not let something this serious slide, like the incident in which Amari got beaten when he tripped her. Later in the novel, Amari, Polly, Tidbit, and Teenie are locked in the smokehouse, after they were caught lying to Percival. Teenie tells Cato, an old but experienced slave, to put seeds in Clay’s midnight wine to make him eligible to sell the three children at the slave auction. Mr. Derby tells Dr. Hoskins to sell the young group. Yet, Cato tells the three girls, “Doc Hoskins ain’t got it in him to sell nobody”(190). The reader knows that it will be a hard decision for the doctor to choose between risking his life and standing by Percival. The author of Copper Sun used foreshadowing to create an emotional response from the
Write a PERSONAL RESPONSE to a SPECIFIC MOMENT in the second third of your novel. 1500 character limit.
In the second third of the Copper Sun, there was evidence of cruelty that can be connected to the world we live in today. Clay has three friends who visited him from Charles Town, and they want to go alligator hunting along Ashley River. They decide that using Tidbit, Teenie’s four-year-old son as bait for the alligators would be perfect. “If you can swim faster than those gators, you get to go home to your mama, understand?’ Tidbit quivered and nodded. He looked at Amari one last time before Clay picked him up and abruptly tossed him into the river” (159). In 1982, boys as young as 9 years old were sent to serve as minesweepers in …show more content…
Prove this statement using TWO specific moments from the first third of the novel. 1300 character limit.
The author of copper sun used foreshadowing to create an emotional impact on the reader. Amari and the indentured servant, Polly, were sent to help Isabelle Derby give birth to the baby by her husband, Percival, the slave owner. As soon as the baby came out, Isabelle passed out, Amari and Polly knew they were in a big mess after they found out, “BLACK BABY. WHITE MAMA. BIG TROUBLE”(169)! At this point of the novel, the reader is expected to know that Percival is a very cruel man, and he will do anything to prove his authority. The reader knows he would not let something this serious slide, like the incident in which Amari got beaten when he tripped her. Later in the novel, Amari, Polly, Tidbit, and Teenie are locked in the smokehouse, after they were caught lying to Percival. Teenie tells Cato, an old but experienced slave, to put seeds in Clay’s midnight wine to make him eligible to sell the three children at the slave auction. Mr. Derby tells Dr. Hoskins to sell the young group. Yet, Cato tells the three girls, “Doc Hoskins ain’t got it in him to sell nobody”(190). The reader knows that it will be a hard decision for the doctor to choose between risking his life and standing by Percival. The author of Copper Sun used foreshadowing to create an emotional response from the