Copper Sun and Chains have a lot of connections in this section. One is that Teenie and Isabel faced extreme desperation when they are separated by their evil masters from their loved ones. Teenie was separated from Tidbit and Isabel was separated from her baby sister Ruth. One difference they have is where the main characters are located. Isabel and Ruth were located in a house on New York City and were house servants. Amari and Polly are on a rice plantation in the south and they work on getting all the food ready and caring for the slaves. They both have extremely evil Master/Mistresses that LOVE to make their lives horrible. Isabel and Amari had to deal with men controlling them, but in different ways. Clay is always taking advantage of Amari. While the soldiers and the officers are always using Isabel as a messenger and taking advantage of her that way instead. They both have to work in the kitchen area under caring cooks who teach them what they needed to know about this way of life.
Copper Sun is a lot like the Holocaust in my opinion. One race takes dominance over the other and uses them to their own advantages. The blacks and the Jews are worked practically to death and punished all the way. They both are separated from their families all the time and have to hope and pray that they will meet again someday. The Jews were tortured in ways more advanced and cruel than the slaves were, but the slaves were also punished in the cruelest of ways. The slaves remind me a lot of Cinderella. They are harassed and put to work by their cruel, evil "stepmother" and their children. And maybe the slaves, if they're the lucky ones, can have the happy ending of Cinderella too.
That was very good the things you put as the similarities and diffences were good and I didn't think about those specific ones
ReplyDeleteI like the ones you compared, I didn't think to use those. Also, your connection is well on and makes a lot of sense. Good job!
ReplyDelete-Hayley