10C+Town

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Welcome to our wiki page. This page has been constructed by year 10 students at MSC, Aimee, Caitlyn, Cindy and Terrie. We have been working on this Wiki page which was created due to our class assignment on the novel TOWN by James Roy. This novel has won several awards over the past couple of years., These awards include: - Winner NSW Premier's Award for Young People's Literature (Ethel Turner Prize) - Shortlisted Queensland Premiers Literary Award for Young Adult Fiction - Winner of the Golden Inky Teenage Choice Award (insideadog.com.au) - CBCA Notable Book for Older Readers []

//BLURB:// In this award winning novel, James Roy uses the short story to explore the lives of young residents of an Australian town and the social tapestry of there community. This town doesn't have a name. But if it seems familiar, it's because we recognise the people who walk it's streets.

From the serendipity of an unexpected moment of connection, to the sadness of leaving home, and the pain of the desperate decision we make, these stories take a personal and uncompromising look at life. Love and loss, greif, humor and passion. Hope and hopelessnes. Thirteen linked stories, spanning a year in the lives of thirteen young people, from a town near you.

Here are lyrics from to two different songs that we believe relate to the novel "Town". The lines highlighted green relate to the novel in some way, the two we believe relate most from each song are:
 * All Summer Long**: //Thoughts were short//, the characters don't think nor plan about there future they think and live in the present.
 * American Pie**:


 * All Summer Long lyrics **

It was 1989, my thoughts were short my hair was long Caught somewhere between a boy and man She was seventeen and she was far from in-between It was summertime in Northern Michigan Ahh Ahh Ahh Ahh Ahh Ahh

Splashing through the sand bar Talking by the campfire It's the simple things in life, like when and where We didn't have no internet But man I never will forget The way the moonlight shined upon her hair

//[Chorus:]// And we were trying different things We were smoking funny things Making love out by the lake to our favorite song Sipping whiskey out the bottle, not thinking 'bout tomorrow Singing Sweet home Alabama all summer long Singing Sweet home Alabama all summer long

Catching Walleye from the dock Watching the waves roll off the rocks She'll forever hold a spot inside my soul We'd blister in the sun We couldn't wait for night to come To hit that sand and play some rock and roll

While we were trying different things And we were smoking funny things Making love out by the lake to our favorite song Sipping whiskey out the bottle, not thinking 'bout tomorrow Singing Sweet Home Alabama all summer long Singing Sweet Home Alabama all summer long

Now nothing seems as strange as when the leaves began to change Or how we thought those days would never end Sometimes I'll hear that song and I'll start to sing along And think man I'd love to see that girl again

//[Repeat Chorus x2]//

Singing Sweet Home Alabama all summer long Singing Sweet Home Alabama all summer long Singing Sweet Home Alabama all summer long Singing Sweet Home Alabama all summer long

// By Don McLean //
A long, long time ago I can still remember how that music used to make me smile And I knew if I had my chance That I could make those people dance And maybe they'd be happy for a while.

But February made me shiver With every paper I delivered, Bad news on the door step, I couldn't take one more step,

I can't remember if I cried When I read about his widowed bride But something touched me deep inside , The day, the music, died. So... Bye, bye Miss American Pie Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry Them good ol' boys were drinkin' whiskey 'n' rye Singin this will be the day that I die. This will be the day that I die. Did you write the book of love And do you have faith in God above , If the bible tells you so. And do you believe in rock 'n' roll? Can music save your mortal soul ? And can you teach me how to dance real slow ?
 * // Refrain: //**

Well I know that you're in love with him Cuz I saw you dancin' in the gym. You both kicked off your shoes And I dig those rhythm and blues.

I was a lonely teenage bronkin' buck With a pink carnation and a pick up truck But I knew I was out of luck , The day, the music, died. I started singin... Now for ten years we've been on our own And moss grows fat on a rollin stone But that's not how it used to be, When the jester sang for the king and queen In a coat he borrowed from James Dean And a voice that came from you and me.
 * // Refrain //**

Oh and while the king was looking down, The jester stole his thorny crown The courtroom was adjourned; No verdict was returned.

And while Lennon read a book on Marx, The quartet practiced in the park And we sang dirges in the dark, The day, the music, died. We were singin'... Helter Skelter in a summer swelter The birds flew off with a fallout shelter, Eight miles high and fallin' fast. It landed foul on the grass. The players tried for a forward pass With the jester on the sidelines in a cast.
 * // Refrain //**

Now the half-time air was sweet perfume While the sergeants played a marching tune. We all got up to dance Oh but we never got the chance.

As the players tried to take the field The marching band refused to yield. Do you recall what was revealed, the day, the music, died? We started singin'... Oh and there we were all in one place, A generation lost in space With no time left to start again. So come on, Jack be nimble, Jack be quick. Jack Flash sat on a candle stick, Because fire is the devils only friend,
 * // Refrain //**

Oh and as I watched him on the stage, My hands were clinched in fists of rage , No angel born in hell Could break that Satan's spell.

And as the flames climbed high into the night To light the sacrificial rite I saw Satan laughing with delight, The day, the music, died. He was singin'... I met a girl who sang the blues And I asked her for some happy news But she just smiled and turned away. I went down to the sacred store Where I'd heard the music years before But the man there said the music wouldn't play.
 * // Refrain //**

And in the streets the children screamed, The lovers cried, and the poets dreamed. But not a word was spoken, The church bells all were broken.

And the three men I admire most, The Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost, They caught the last train for the coast, The day, the music, died. And they were singin'... They were singin'... Bye, bye Miss American Pie Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry Them good ol' boys were drinkin' whiskey 'n' rye Singin' this will be the day that I die.
 * // Refrain //**