Basavanna And Summer At Shatter Creek

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Poem Song Sync Too many people go about their days unhappy and they don’t understand why. They try their best to act how their elders tell them to act. They try their best to compete with their peers. They try their best to dress socially acceptable. They try their best to do all they are pressured to and then wonder why they end up depressed. The fault in this lifestyle pattern is addressed by writers: Basavanna and Summer at Shatter Creek. The writers’ poem and song both display a theme of self acceptance, that leads to a greater realization. In Basavanna’s poem: The Crookedness of the Serpent, she says, “The crookedness of the serpent is straight enough for the snake-hole. The crookedness of the river is straight enough for the sea.” This

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