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The Character Of Moses Cooper In April Morning
Moses Cooper is a son, father, cousin, husband, friend, and leader in the book April Morning. Moses’s father, Abraham Cooper passed away, and his mother lives with Moses and his family. Moses Cooper has many traits, different personalities, and a very dramatic death.

Moses Copper was described as a strikingly handsome man. Moses’s son Adam describes Moses with “massive brown arms” (Fast 70) and “…a surprisingly young man, his wide brown face, serious and intent…” (Fast 70). Adam never noticed how handsome Moses really was until later within the story. He quoted “It was no wonder that men listened to him and needed his words.”(Fast 70). Overall, Moses Cooper was a handsome man with looks that made other people want to follow him.

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