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The Role Of Hope In Amari's Titanium

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Freedom, slavery, hope, what does it all mean? Amari a young black orphan girl never had thought the day would come when she would be encountered by white men that forced her to witness the death of her family and the loss of hope of her friends. She would also have to say goodbye to her traditions and her only home that she had ever lived at and where she grew up and where she had found herself to then find herself in the midst of slavery. Titanium is a song with great consubstantial meaning towards Copper Sun in terms of hope and strength. Titanium shows that you're greater than what is right in front of you or what you may be facing. The powerful force of hope brings everything together in the novel for Amari and in the song Titanium, proving

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