Paul Kelly Influence

Paul Kelly is a singer-songwriter famous for the heavy undertones he uses in his songs and The Castle is the story of s little aussie battler named Darryl Kerrigan taking on an Australian powerhouse corporation in an effort to preserve his family home. In a wide range Paul Kelly songs we see many positive and negative impacts on family, these are also a common feature in the movie The Castle.

In the movie The Castle the Kerrigan family always tend to defy adversity and remain together especially when their home is under threat. When a letter from the council comes in the mail for the Kerrigans telling them that they are facing a compulsory acquisition of their home they don't know what to make of the situation, they're scared about the future
The protagonist on the song is Joe, the song is a letter he writes to either a brother or mate named Dan. In the song Joe talks about how much he misses his family during the Christmas season, as he laments about missing relatives he asks, “Who's gonna make the gravy now? I bet it won't taste the same” implying that this is usually his job at Christmas and that without him there it wont taste the same, which is alluding to the fact that without him their, Christmas wont be the same. While in prison Joe has really seen the error of his ways, he knows now that without him with his family he can't see or protect his wife or children, “And you'll dance with Rita, I know you really like her, Just don't hold her too close, oh brother please don't stab me in the back". Joe is regretting the choices he made with ended with him in the big house and he knows that he owes to his family to apologise, “You know one of these days, I'll be making gravy, I'll be making plenty, I'm gonna pay 'em all back.” Joe feels the longing to be home with his family when his locked up and even though he can't physically see it, it would have a negative affect on his