Quotes From Coppers Sun

This is proof that this terrible act was very typical within slaveholding societies. Now, just because this relationship seems usual in the south, it does not mean everyone condoned it. The wives of many slave owners proved they were not okay with a white male and a black female relationship by the way they acted with “anger and resentment” towards other slaves (McLaurin, 26). Wives chose to ignore this behavior simply because if they didn’t, not only would their lives be in danger, but so would their children’s.

Walter Lee Younger is the son of Mama, the sister of Beneatha, the spouse of Ruth and the father of Travis. Because of poverty, Walter Lee lived a life of trying to get rich schemes, which led to losing his family’s money. However, in the end Walter realized family was the key to true success.

that killed her sister and dad. After that she was abandoned by her mother. Aubrey started a new family

When the police arrived she started walking down to Victor Street when Dudley ran into the street and began assaulting her.

"He strokes the cheek I slapped." (Alvarez 76). He refers to when he got slapped him at the

He even hit her in public at the town’s store when Janie put him in his place about the way he had been treating her [Page 80].

She lives in a small home that she and her husband built the year they were married. It is out in the country on a few acres of land that she still maintains by herself. Her husband unfortunately died of cancer only 5 years after their son was born. She makes sure you know that she does not need a man. This lady is highly independent and has a close knit group of friends that keeps her entertained. Her grandkids are clearly the apple of her eye. She helps take care of them as often as she can and makes almost

her household she resorts to outside sources, making herself a victim to boys, which creates a

him he was tired. She then asked him if he wanted supper but he said

when she asks "what need one?". They knew this would cause him to leave either house as he had too much pride to agree.

begins to realize her self that she does not have to continue living her life in

that the she should have slept in a Motel and he asks her why she

L was married for 20 years. She has 2 daughters; one is going to school and the other lives in Texas. Her mother has been living with her for 3 ½ years. She enjoys movies, having coffee with her friends once a week, and her two grandchildren. She is active in her church, and used to do prison ministry. She works in Gerontology at the Health Sciences Center and has been a Tech employee for 25 years.

calls him a coward and tells him that his love is worth nothing to her

neighbors. This changes her personality. She spends all her time at home with the radio