Blog Post #3- This reminds me of...

I have chose to relate my book Chanda's Wars- Allan Stratton to one of my favourite songs called Take a Minute- K'naan. The task we were given was to take a 20-30 word direct quote from our book and make a personal, textual, and/or wordly connection. But to be honest, I think for the relation between my book and this song they have so many connections in so many different ways it's tough to pick just one. I think the moral of this song is to be grateful of what you have cause there's always people who have it worse than you do.

"'He pounds Papa's grave?'

'Yes! So his spirit will stay in the ground! So it won't rise up and beat him like your papa did when he was alive!' Samson's eyes blaze red. 'Pako?!?' he yells to his yard. 'What have you been doing? What have you been saying' 

'You shamed Papa,' Runako roars. 'You shamed our family, you little sonovabitch!' He charges across the road, Samson at his heels." 

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"Pako reaches the edge of the cemetery, Samson right behind. Samson flings his arm forward to grab his brother. But Pako dives. He rolls under the barbed-wire fence. Samson's too big. He's running too fast he drops to late. The teeth of the barbed wire rip into his face. Blood pours from his cheeks and forehead." (Allan Stratton, Chanda's Wars)

I chose these direct quotes from the book because they both are making a really good connection in the song. A part of the song I chose goes like this,
"I don't know how we survived such violent episodes." (K'NAAN- Take a Minute)
I thought that those quotes really did show a great amount of violence. Another part of the song is,
"And no matter how we strong, homie
It ain't easy comin' out of where we from, homie." (K'NAAN- Take a Minute)
That part of the song and those direct quotes connect well. It's saying that no matter how strong you are, it wasn't easy getting out of the bad things. Both parts of the song I chose really connect well with the parts of the book I chose.


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 Here's the music video of the song Take a Minute- K'NAAN