Blog - Continued part 3

After reading this chapter, there was a particular song that came into my head. (Us against the world-Christina Milian) Some of the lyrics in the song are very similar to what’s happening the story. Although the song is talking about the love between a boy and a girl, the lyrics still have meaning for this chapter.

If we see the last day and they say we gotta go to war
I'll be fighting with you, baby

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No matter what anyone could say
This is the only place for me
And no one could ever take that away
Nothing could come between us

These parts from the lyrics remind me of their love for one another as well as their powerful friendship no matter what they go through. The two words “last day” could’ve represented the riots and how after that day, everything was changed. Although there was no “war” there was a big conflict between a Christian girl and an Muslim girl.

Because it's us against the world
The world, the world
You know it's us against the world
The world, the world, ohh

That part of the song can be related to how the girls are in their own world while the adults are in another. The world of the adults seems to go against what the girls are used to, and so that’s how “us against the world” relates.

There's no distance here when we're apart

This line created the same image I had gotten when I read “Selam also appeared, on her balcony…She immediately hugged herself, blowing you a kiss.” The reason for this is because even though the girls are apart, as soon as they see each other, it’s as if nothing has changed and they are still in their own little world.

I would still have you

Near the end of the story, when you finally get to meet up with Selam once again, you are rejoiced at the new language you’ve learned. Not only did this meeting create a special bond, it also reassured you that you would be friends forever no matter what, and for that you are very happy.

End of blog part 3