Copper Sun Sparknotes

Despite the growth made through the civil rights movement today it still stands the same. Slavery is addressed in the book Copper sun by Sharon Draper. This story is about a young girl named Amari living in a small town who was taken by white people to America to become a slave. She was purchased as a slave to work in the Derby Farm and meets a girl named polly. Polly and Amari become friends and grow as people throughout their journey. Polly shows a dramatic growth with being anti-black to understanding that black people are just like everybody else. Polly experienced loss in her life. Polly had lost her parents and her home life.

While Polly grieved the death of her parents, it also taught her a valuable lesson. “ Tears had not kept her

This was a loss for Polly because this was the only family she had left. While she did initially cry over their deaths she learned quickly that crying was a waste of time and she should not do it. This new attitude about their deaths helped her survive working as an indentured servant for cruel masters. While loss can be difficult, people have to do what they need to in order to move on from it. Polly is on a significant journey through the book. Her physical journey includes her having to survive working at the Derby farm, and her escape to freedom. Due to her fathers death Polly has to work as an indentured servant for 14 years and is purchased by Mr. Derby. Polly thought, “If I could get assigned to the main house, she thought I would sneak into this room during every free moment” (Draper 139). Her physical journey at the Derby plantation ends with her, Amari, and Tidbit escaping. She grows as a character that even when she asks to work at the main house she realizes that not everything worked out. Polly also had an emotional journey by being prejudiced against black people. She learns that black people aren't different

She realizes that she needs Amari and Tidbit to survive. That's the closest thing Polly has to a family. Polly grows as a charter because she first believes that Black people are dirty and stupid and now she comes to recognize that they are the same as she is. Amari, Polly and Tidbit attempted to escape but got caught along the way. Clay went to go find Amari and Polly while they were heading south for freedom. In order to escape clay and rescue Amari, she shoots him. “It's a good thing I am such a poor shot. I didn't want to hurt him, just frighten him away” ( Draper 230). It was important for Polly to help Amari so they could keep running for freedom. She stands up for herself and Amari, making sure they have the opportunity to find freedom. Polly grows from this experience because she stands up for Amari so they can escape together. Conflicts are like a lesson learned meaning in the future people will grow from their conflicts. Polly matures with all the conflicts they face. Polly had the courage to ask Amari what she misses most about her mother. Polly asked, “‘What do you miss most about your mother, Amari?’ she asked as they rumbled down the road in the