Copper Sun Response Two

After finishing the story, a lot of things about slavery came clear in my mind. Amari and the others were able to escape plantation and now had a long march south to the Spanish colonies in Florida. Whild on their way they met many people who were willing to help them and lead them in the direction that they want to go. Clay follows them however and threatens to take them back. However, this was all before he was shot and bitten by a poisonous snake. They walked clear from South Carolina to Florida. After they crossed this large river they were free. Free to work for money and own land and live the lives they always wanted or once had before. The book ends with Amari looking into the copper sun (sun set) and realizing that Tennie and Afi were right that she was a free soul and should not spend her life as slave. She was strong and fought for her freedom and found her future was going to be brighter than she had ever thought.

This was a very good book that always kept me wondering what was next. It was told very well and had historical references to it that helped make the story more realistic. I'm glad they were able to escape to safety but it troubles me to think that what was told in the story was not fiction. i don't see how it was possible to do some of these terrible things to other human beings and be ok with it. I'm glad that slavery and all this madness is now over and that some people were able to enjoy their life and their freedom.

Copper Sun Review 1

So far Amari, an African girl, has been taken from her village and was made to walk hundreds of miles to the coast. She decribed her attackers as pale colored monsters. Now she is in a dark room where other Africans are being held in wait for a transport to the "new world."

The main thing I want to point out is that when she was being taken, members of another tribe were helping the white people. This throws me off because latter when they make it to the coast, the people from the other tribe are then thrown in with the prisoners. Why would they choose to help when, clearly, the white people were taking prisoners of all the africans?