As you can see from my previous blog post, the book that I
have chosen to do my ISU Assignment on is Copper
Sun. So far I have read the first two chapters of the book and I found them
thoroughly interesting. In the first chapter we are introduced to a fifteen
year-old girl named Amari, she is one of the main characters. We also learn
that Kwasi is Amari’s younger brother. In the first chapter he is seen climbing
a tree like “a little monkey”. While he
is up in the tree he notices Besa walking towards them. Besa is from their
village and he is Amari’s fiancé. The first chapter is described very
pleasantly. In the second chapter the Europeans arrive at the village and the
villagers refer to them as strangers. The Europeans are accompanied by warriors
from the Ashanti tribe. The villagers welcome these strangers. However, Amari
feels uneasy about them and is not sure why. The villagers welcome the
strangers with storytelling, music and dance. Then suddenly, the villagers are
attacked by the Europeans and the warriors from the Ashanti tribe. Amari’s
mother, father and brother are murdered. She feels intense agony about the loss
of her family. Moments after the death of her brother, she is captured by the
attackers. She knew that she along with her entire village were defeated.
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