'Looking For Alibrandi And The Memory Keepers Daughter'
Intro:
Through events in life that trigger change the responder is challenged to accept that knowledge is gained through change, and that change helps the development of a persons identity.
The texts ‘’Looking for Alibrandi’’ by Melina Marchette and ‘’The Memory Keepers Daughter’’ by Kim Edwards both challenge the responder to enhance their understanding of change. Both Marchette and Edwards’s use several narrative techniques to convey change and effectively show the life challenges faced that develop a persons identity.
PAC what/ technique 1:
Melina Marchetta’s novel ‘‘Looking for Alibrandi’’ was written in a time of multicultural integration. It explores issues facing young adults and is intended for this age group. The first person narration is used to invite the reader into Josie’s personal thought space, and conveys her feelings as she changes. At the start we see Josie as a immature teenager who looked at everything being a burden upon her, ‘’ I could write a book about my problems’’, as the story goes on Josie’s …show more content…
perspective on her life and what matters changes through experience. ‘’Things that worried me a few months ago no longer worry me as much’’. The intimate diary like feel the reader gets through first person narration challenges the responder to develop along with Josie and observe the knowledge gained, and increased sense of identity she feels.
Technique 2:
The linear structure is another technique used to explore change in ‘’Looking for Alibrandi’’, which greatly contributes, to her new transformation and sense of identity.
It immediately gives a strong sense of continuity in the storyline and has a solid episodic feel and it is relayed by the shifting focus of Josie. Initially Josie’s attitude towards Michael Andretti is negative ‘’How dare you think I want to be in your life’’ as the story unfolds Josie goes through episodes of her life that give her the chance to grow and create a new opinion on the important people in her life. Following this she states ‘’I love Michael Andretti more and more everyday’’. Josies change resulted in the development of a relationship between Josie and Michael Andretti; challenging the responder to understand her change, and how events that brought her father into her life gave her new knowledge, enabling self-development and a stronger sense of
identity.
Technique 3:
Humour effectively shows the reader Josie’s personality and the particular views and opinions she has. She is sarcastic and the humour allows the responder to observe the changes she goes through, like, ‘’its so exciting receiving dollies while everyone else is eating chocolate bunnies’’. As the story line progresses her sarcasm begins to lessen as her views about her world change. Life events force Josie to accept new circumstances and gain knowledge that allows her to cope. The responder is challenged to develop an understanding of her change and her new sense of self.
Link:
Both Marchette and Edwards explore the concept and challenges associated with change. However, while the change in Alibrandi is nearly all positive, in the Memory Keepers Daughter darker aspects of change are explored.
PAC what/ technique 1:
The text ‘’The Memory Keepers Daughter’’ was written in the context of 1964, in a time when children born with a disability were expected to be institutionalised for the benefit of the child and family. It is aimed at a adult audience and intended to be compelling The Memory Keepers Daughter portrays change and its effects through the main character David Henry. Dr David Henry begins as a secretive yet decent man but when a tragic life event happens at the birth of his twins he begins to change and becomes distant from his family resulting in other characters changes. Third person narration is a technique used by Edwards to show David Henry’s change in self and identity, and how that change effects others in his family. ‘’The distance was back between them, a chasm of the past that he could not cross’’. Through the use of third person narration the responder is challenged to experience the changes of self and developments in identity from not only the main character but also others in the family. It also allows the changing events of Caroline Gill's life to be explored and how this change resulted in her development of new knowledge and a stronger sense of self.
Technique 2: (extended metaphor)
Extended metaphor had been used effectively by Edwards to portray the nature of change and how it has affected the characters sense of identity. The extended metaphor of taking photographs to constantly try to freeze time and stop the change from occurring shows David’s resistance to the change that is occurring, as he doesn’t want to face the effects of this change. Whilst taking photographs of his wife Norah, it is stated that he wants ‘’ For the world not to change, for this fragile equilibrium between them to endure’’. The responder is challenged to accept how change is inevitable and how it affects David’s thoughts, opinions and sense of self and identity. With the change in his existence it comes to others attention that his attitude towards his being and the responsibility he should be taking changes all in one moment. With this his identity grows into a enclosed individual caused by the challenged life events he has faced the knowledge he has gained from them.
Technique 3:
Edwards has used a textual structure of parallel lives and their individual changes are documented comparatively. Caroline Gill tells David ‘’Phoebe is generally a healthy baby’’ yet Norah, believing a lie says, ‘’it hasn’t been the same since Paul was born and phoebe died’’. This shows the change triggered for the two characters brought upon by a life event that has affected their lives in positive and negative ways. The responder is challenged to enhance their understanding of how each character has gained new knowledge and a new sense of identity. Link/ conclusion:
The texts Looking For Alibrandi and The Memory Keepers Daughter have shown a change in the main characters and have used similar techniques to effectively portray it. They are similar as once the main characters underwent their changes the gained a new sense of self, intern, affecting other characters and challenging them to develop a stronger sense of identity and undergo changes of their own.
In both texts their identity was altered through the unprepared events that where placed in their lives, challenging the responder to accept that knowledge and the development of personal identity, is gained through change.
Through events in life that trigger change the responder is challenged to accept that knowledge is gained through change, and that change helps the development of a persons identity.
The texts ‘’Looking for Alibrandi’’ by Melina Marchette and ‘’The Memory Keepers Daughter’’ by Kim Edwards both challenge the responder to enhance their understanding of change. Both Marchette and Edwards’s use several narrative techniques to convey change and effectively show the life challenges faced that develop a persons identity.
PAC what/ technique 1:
Melina Marchetta’s novel ‘‘Looking for Alibrandi’’ was written in a time of multicultural integration. It explores issues facing young adults and is intended for this age group. The first person narration is used to invite the reader into Josie’s personal thought space, and conveys her feelings as she changes. At the start we see Josie as a immature teenager who looked at everything being a burden upon her, ‘’ I could write a book about my problems’’, as the story goes on Josie’s …show more content…
perspective on her life and what matters changes through experience. ‘’Things that worried me a few months ago no longer worry me as much’’. The intimate diary like feel the reader gets through first person narration challenges the responder to develop along with Josie and observe the knowledge gained, and increased sense of identity she feels.
Technique 2:
The linear structure is another technique used to explore change in ‘’Looking for Alibrandi’’, which greatly contributes, to her new transformation and sense of identity.
It immediately gives a strong sense of continuity in the storyline and has a solid episodic feel and it is relayed by the shifting focus of Josie. Initially Josie’s attitude towards Michael Andretti is negative ‘’How dare you think I want to be in your life’’ as the story unfolds Josie goes through episodes of her life that give her the chance to grow and create a new opinion on the important people in her life. Following this she states ‘’I love Michael Andretti more and more everyday’’. Josies change resulted in the development of a relationship between Josie and Michael Andretti; challenging the responder to understand her change, and how events that brought her father into her life gave her new knowledge, enabling self-development and a stronger sense of
identity.
Technique 3:
Humour effectively shows the reader Josie’s personality and the particular views and opinions she has. She is sarcastic and the humour allows the responder to observe the changes she goes through, like, ‘’its so exciting receiving dollies while everyone else is eating chocolate bunnies’’. As the story line progresses her sarcasm begins to lessen as her views about her world change. Life events force Josie to accept new circumstances and gain knowledge that allows her to cope. The responder is challenged to develop an understanding of her change and her new sense of self.
Link:
Both Marchette and Edwards explore the concept and challenges associated with change. However, while the change in Alibrandi is nearly all positive, in the Memory Keepers Daughter darker aspects of change are explored.
PAC what/ technique 1:
The text ‘’The Memory Keepers Daughter’’ was written in the context of 1964, in a time when children born with a disability were expected to be institutionalised for the benefit of the child and family. It is aimed at a adult audience and intended to be compelling The Memory Keepers Daughter portrays change and its effects through the main character David Henry. Dr David Henry begins as a secretive yet decent man but when a tragic life event happens at the birth of his twins he begins to change and becomes distant from his family resulting in other characters changes. Third person narration is a technique used by Edwards to show David Henry’s change in self and identity, and how that change effects others in his family. ‘’The distance was back between them, a chasm of the past that he could not cross’’. Through the use of third person narration the responder is challenged to experience the changes of self and developments in identity from not only the main character but also others in the family. It also allows the changing events of Caroline Gill's life to be explored and how this change resulted in her development of new knowledge and a stronger sense of self.
Technique 2: (extended metaphor)
Extended metaphor had been used effectively by Edwards to portray the nature of change and how it has affected the characters sense of identity. The extended metaphor of taking photographs to constantly try to freeze time and stop the change from occurring shows David’s resistance to the change that is occurring, as he doesn’t want to face the effects of this change. Whilst taking photographs of his wife Norah, it is stated that he wants ‘’ For the world not to change, for this fragile equilibrium between them to endure’’. The responder is challenged to accept how change is inevitable and how it affects David’s thoughts, opinions and sense of self and identity. With the change in his existence it comes to others attention that his attitude towards his being and the responsibility he should be taking changes all in one moment. With this his identity grows into a enclosed individual caused by the challenged life events he has faced the knowledge he has gained from them.
Technique 3:
Edwards has used a textual structure of parallel lives and their individual changes are documented comparatively. Caroline Gill tells David ‘’Phoebe is generally a healthy baby’’ yet Norah, believing a lie says, ‘’it hasn’t been the same since Paul was born and phoebe died’’. This shows the change triggered for the two characters brought upon by a life event that has affected their lives in positive and negative ways. The responder is challenged to enhance their understanding of how each character has gained new knowledge and a new sense of identity. Link/ conclusion:
The texts Looking For Alibrandi and The Memory Keepers Daughter have shown a change in the main characters and have used similar techniques to effectively portray it. They are similar as once the main characters underwent their changes the gained a new sense of self, intern, affecting other characters and challenging them to develop a stronger sense of identity and undergo changes of their own.
In both texts their identity was altered through the unprepared events that where placed in their lives, challenging the responder to accept that knowledge and the development of personal identity, is gained through change.