After some classes talking about the elements of fiction, these elements were illustrated with the help of... a song! No, no, ladies and gentlemen, I know you guys did not fail last year and you are not doing the 21 workhop Songs again. It's just because I thought it would be interesting to use a different and unexpected "text". Hope you guys liked it.
The lyrics (the way it was worked in class, with some extra words):
SHE’S LEAVING HOME
The Beatles
(Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band – 1967)
Wednesday morning at five o'clock
as the day slowly begins
Silently closing her bedroom door
Leaving the single note that she hoped would say more
She goes downstairs to the kitchen
clutching her white handkerchief
Quietly turning the rusty back door key
Stepping outside she is finally free
She (we gave her most of our lives)
is leaving (sacrificed most of our lives)
home (we gave her everything money could buy)
She's leaving home after living alone for
so many years (bye bye)
Father snores as his wife gets into her new dressing gown
Picks up the letter that's still lying there
Standing all alone at the top of the stairs
She breaks down and cries to her husband
Daddy, listen, our baby's gone
Why would she treat us so thoughtlessly
How could she do really this to me
She (We never thought of ourselves)
is leaving (never a thought for ourselves)
home (we struggled hard all our lives to get by)
She's leaving home after living alone for
so many years (bye bye)
Friday morning at nine o'clock sharp she is far away
Waiting to keep the appointment she already made
Meeting a young man from the motor trade
She (what did we do that was wrong)
is having (we didn't know it was wrong)
fun (fun is the one thing that money can't buy)
Something inside that was always denied for
so many years (bye bye)
She's leaving home (bye bye)
The lyrics (the way it was worked in class, with some extra words):
SHE’S LEAVING HOME
The Beatles
(Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band – 1967)
Wednesday morning at five o'clock
as the day slowly begins
Silently closing her bedroom door
Leaving the single note that she hoped would say more
She goes downstairs to the kitchen
clutching her white handkerchief
Quietly turning the rusty back door key
Stepping outside she is finally free
She (we gave her most of our lives)
is leaving (sacrificed most of our lives)
home (we gave her everything money could buy)
She's leaving home after living alone for
so many years (bye bye)
Father snores as his wife gets into her new dressing gown
Picks up the letter that's still lying there
Standing all alone at the top of the stairs
She breaks down and cries to her husband
Daddy, listen, our baby's gone
Why would she treat us so thoughtlessly
How could she do really this to me
She (We never thought of ourselves)
is leaving (never a thought for ourselves)
home (we struggled hard all our lives to get by)
She's leaving home after living alone for
so many years (bye bye)
Friday morning at nine o'clock sharp she is far away
Waiting to keep the appointment she already made
Meeting a young man from the motor trade
She (what did we do that was wrong)
is having (we didn't know it was wrong)
fun (fun is the one thing that money can't buy)
Something inside that was always denied for
so many years (bye bye)
She's leaving home (bye bye)
For me, this one was the best text that we've worked in class. It's weird when you think you already know the song and than you have another interpretation completely different. I love it!
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