Vistors are always a cause for celebration. Amari thinks that they look dangerous, but she throws herself into preparations, listens happily to Father’s ceremonial story, and enjoys the drumming. He confirms that Fort Mose is real and hides them in his father’s barn; but Amari, Polly, and Tidbit have to hide in a swamp when Nathan’s father discovers them. The shackles that are too dehumanizing even for animals begin to show Amari what’s to come: horrors that will make her feel like an animal, if not less than an animal. Both Polly and Amari are aghast. Amari agrees. Amari catches sight of Besa and cries, but Afi tells her to forget him. LitCharts Teacher Editions. When she’s better, she tries to lay low in the kitchen—Mr. Mrs. Derby is in labor, and he can’t find any of the house slaves. Mother scolds Amari for being concerned about the visitors; she says it’s uncivilized to judge people on looks. They are then sold and Amari goes to Charlestown, South Carolina. My students love how organized the handouts are and enjoy tracking the themes as a class.”, LitCharts uses cookies to personalize our services. He refuses to let Amari touch him and insists that he doesn’t have dreams anymore. Summary - Copper Sun By Sharon M. Draper When "pale strangers" enter, 15 year old, Amari's village, her entire tribe welcomes them. When Draper traveled to Ghana, West Africa, she visited the Point of No Return and the castles had thousands of slaves that were kept before getting on the ship which made her inspired to write this novel. Amari’s realization about Tirza’s death making things easier suggests that she’s beginning to shift her thinking to focus on survival rather than community and caring for the group. My students love how organized the handouts are and enjoy tracking the themes as a class.”, LitCharts uses cookies to personalize our services. Teenie’s mother came from Africa; one day, as she comforts Amari, she tells her that as long as she remembers Africa and her parents, they’re never gone. After dinner, Mr. Derby trips Amari while she’s carrying a pie. Besa can’t stay long, however, because he has “seen strangers in the forest…[that] have the skin color … When she sees the land, she’s shocked that it’s beautiful. COPPER SUN: SUMMARY. She’ll die by nightfall. Later, a woman named Afi helps Amari get food and explains that they’ll be sold and sent into the sea—she and Amari are slaves. They're like having in-class notes for every discussion!”, “This is absolutely THE best teacher resource I have ever purchased. Chapter 1 Summary: Amari and Besa. He’s an escaped slave, and he decides that Amari will weave and Polly will teach children to read. In her remote part of Africa, visitors are always a cause for celebration, but these strangers are not here to celebrate. From the creators of SparkNotes, something better. After two meals, they load male slaves into small boats and ferry them out to a larger ship on the sea. When white-faced strangers enter 15-year old Amari's village, her entire village welcomes them, as visitors in this remote part of Africa are very sparce. Instant downloads of all 1360 LitChart PDFs He ties her, tells her that his father died, and wonders how to punish her for running away. Not long after that, a woman named Fiona finds them in her husband’s hunting shelter. Polly runs to meet Noah and Dr. Hoskins on the road, but Dr. Hoskins refuses to turn around—and when he arrives, Mr. Derby realizes that his slaves and his wife are hiding something. Meanwhile, Polly never loses sight of her dream of working in the house. Our, LitCharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in. Now, they have to reevaluate this belief in light of what the Ashanti are doing—purely for economic gain, no less.