In Sharon M. Draper's Copper Sun, she used literature to let the reader have an insight of what slavery was like. Literature can affect the reader’s thoughts, beliefs, and understanding of issues. Literature makes the reader think about how much they might take life for granted, teaches the reader morals and values that they take from the story, and connects the reader to characters that are dealing with a controversy issue. With literature, the reader might realize at times that they take life for granted. For example, in Copper Sun, the reader met Amari with her family and her life ahead of her when in one moment, her life changed forever. When a tribe of unfamiliar men come to her village, her life changed overnight. All of her family members were killed in the second chapter, and she had a hard journey ahead of her. She would face the torture of rape, torn from Afi, her friend who helped and encouraged her along her journey, and she faced the issue that the …show more content…
For example, when Amari, Polly, and Tidbit started their journey to freedom, Polly and Amari have an argument whether to go north or south. Amari wanted to go south to Fort Mose, a Spanish Fort in Florida that Cato – a slave on Mr. Derby’s plantation – told them to go. Polly, on the other hand, wanted to go north because Dr. Hoskins told them to follow the river to have a better chance at freedom and was not sure if Fort Mose was real. After debating with each other, they decided to go south. Even though Polly was not sure if the place that they were headed to existed, Amari believed in her heart that Fort Mose was real. Amari taught the reader an important lesson in life from their argument. Amari believed that Fort Mose may not have been real, but she had hope that it existed. Amari showed the reader that even when life gets tough, they need to continue to have hope through the struggle they may be