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The second last match represents the fear of loss. Chanie is now down to his last two matches and he is scared of losing them. This is probably the same feeling he got when he had to leave his family. He has already lost so much, and now this is another thing that he will never get back.
The fifth match represents comfort. The "chick, chick"sounds that the matches make when he shakes them gives him comfort. It reminds him of the woman's smile which also gives him comfort.
The third match represented guidance. When carrying the last three matches, Chanie saw a crow which was helping him and guiding him along the way. The crow is almost like an angel guiding him to the light at the end of the tunnel.
The fourth match represents sadness. Chanie was reminded of someone who hurts his feelings. In the song it says, "I know she did not mean to hurt my feelings. But that is what she did" (Downie, 2016). I think this person that he is talking about might be the woman. He told her about his family and how he was trying to get home to them, but she couldn't really help him. She could only give him the seven matches. This person could also be his mother. His mother might have been the one to send him away to the residential school, thinking that she was doing good for him and giving him a good education. She may have not meant to put him in danger and hurt him, but she did.
The seventh match represents hope. The matches help Chanie survive and give him hope that he will make it home. He guards them with his life, holding onto the them (hope) very tight.
The last match that Chanie has left represents hopelessness and emptiness. The last match is Chanie's last hope, and after he lit the match, the hope was all gone. Now he is feeling empty, just like the empty jar. I would not be surprised if Chanie felt like giving up in that moment.
I can't not imagine the pain and suffering that Chanie went through. It makes you appreciate all of the things that you have. I think that as an educator I can learn a lot from the song and the film because it really is an eye opener to what some of the people in residential schools went through, and the true pain that people feel from abuse. Growing up in a safe and nuturing enviroment it's sometimes hard for me to understand what life is like for children who grow up in an unsafe environment. This film really helped me to understand what life is like for abused children and gave me a real life example of it. This will help me understand children in my care who grow up in an abusive environment, and will help me recognize when they are in crisis and need help.
In Chanie's journey to freedom, he comes across a family that shelters him. The woman gives him seven matches in a jar to take along with him on his path to help him survive. She said, "You can't go in the woods without them" (Downie, 2016). Each time Chanie lights a match and makes a fire, he loses a little more hope.