Polly Really Don T Like Slaves In Copper Sun By Sharon M. Draper

Michael Demont
CA 9,Block 4
April 17, 2023 Polly Changing Over Time
“Polly Really Don't Like Negros” (Draper pg74). In the book Copper Sun by Sharon M. Draper, Polly is an indentured servant for the Derby family, Polly is extremely racist, Her parents died when she was younger and she is paying off her parents’ debt. while paying off the debt she meets a slave named Amari. When Amari was brought to the plantation it was Polly's job to take care of her and teach her how to speak. Polly grows both psychologically and morally throughout the novel, as evidenced by how she makes friends with the slaves and ends up running away to freedom with them. The first lesson Polly learns is not

A lesson Polly learned was Slavery is wrong/cruel. One example is that when Mr.Derby was done whipping her Polly cared for Amari and felt bad. When“Polly winced and turned every time Mr.Derby wiped Amari.” At the beginning of the novel, Polly hated slaves and thought slavery was right. At the end of the book, Polly realizes that slavery is wrong and you should treat everybody the same. A second lesson Polly learned was to put others before herself/sacrifice. A second example is Though Polly still retains some of her racist views, she begins to shed some of them and see Amari as a true friend as they have to work together. When “Polly leaps out of the woods holding the musket and shoots at Clay.” At the beginning of the book Polly would have never shot Clay or even thought about that. But after she became friends with Amari her intentions changed and she hated Clay. The last lesson Polly learns is to be more understanding/empathetic. “They'd put Tidbit out there?” she asked, horrified. The thought of little Tidbit sweating and working in the dangerous swampy water made Polly feel ill. When Polly releases that An indentured server is not much different from a Slave and becomes more humble. In the beginning, Polly did not care about slaves and how they felt and wished they never existed. Now she cares for them like Amari and