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Song Analysis: The Color Of Water By James Mcbride

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In the book “The Color of Water” by James McBride, I chose the song “Slipped Away” by Avril Lavigne for the second chapter. Where James is remembering that his mom would ride a bike around the neighborhood where they lived with her second husband Hunter before he died. This song I think would represent the way Ruth was feeling after her husband died. Because the song says “I miss you, miss you so bad I don't forget you, oh, it's so sad I hope you can hear me I remember it clearly The day you slipped away Was the day I found it won't be the same”. In the chapter this bike she rides is a way to remember him and for her to keep moving on, in a way it wasn’t the same after he died because she was done with love. I know this next choice for …show more content…

Why did you die?”. I think this embodies the way Ruth felt about her brother after he and left and learned about his death. In chapter 11 Ruth remembers her first love Peter, so I chose a song called secret love by Hunter Hayes. Which has a verse that says “When you're living a life that you gotta deny, When you feel how we feel, but you gotta keep lying, It's only gonna mess you up inside”. Ruth loved Peter but in reality couldn’t be with him because of the color of his skin. In chapter 13 Ruth had gone to new York and finally told her aunt that she was pregnant. There her aunt helped her get an abortion so I thought “who you are” BY Jessie J was perfect. There is a lyric where it says “I stare at my reflection in the mirror Why am I doing this to myself? Losing my mind on a tiny error,”. I feel like this is what Ruth was feeling after she had gotten the abortion because, in reality, she couldn’t have had the baby. James started to drugs and fail his classes after his step dad died in 14. I thought of the song Unsteady by X Ambassadors in which it says “Hold Hold on Hold on to me 'Cause I’m a little unsteady A little unsteady Mama, come here Approach, appear, Daddy, I’m alone Cause this house doesn't feel like home”. James would probably relate to this song because his biological dad had died before he was even born and then the man who was his father figure passes away too. I think drugs were his outlet because

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