Looking For Alibrandi Character Analysis
Looking for Alibrandi
Looking for Alibrandi is about a seventeen year old girl named Josephine Alibrandi. Her mother Christina had her out of wed-lock at a young age. She experiences turmoil because of her over baring grandmother Nonna who is afraid of change and tries to protect Josephine from the new world, Christina is a woman caught between her mother and daughter but she just wants Josephine to be her self and not be tied down by the Italian bonds she was.
Josephine is becoming closer to her grandmother Nonna. Once Nonna starts to tell Josephine about her past, Josephine starts to become interested in learning more and more about her grandmother. I think she started to realize that she is a lot like her grandmother was at her age.
She doesn’t like the fact that her grandmother always dresses in black like all mourning Italians do. Throughout her life Josephine and Nonna’s relationship goes up and down like a rollercoaster but eventually up as they become mentally connected.
Josephine’s mother, Christina had her when she was only seventeen years old. She grew up never knowing her father, but she knew of and about him from her mother. Christina fell pregnant in a way that is rejected bye Italian culture and once her father found out of this he went “berserk” and through Christina out of his home and refused to have any contact with her. Christina then got taken in bye her uncle and lived with them until her father passed away then she came back in contact with her mother and is growing a strong relationship because her mother did not want Christina to be thrown out because it was wrong.
Josephine is a stubborn, melodramatic, confused, young girl who wants to ‘be accepted by someone other than the underdog.' (Page 32) She doesn't see that her problems amount to nothing when compared to other struggling children in the world, but she feels trapped. Trapped in her Italian roots, even though she was born in Australia Josie has no privileges as an Italian Australian and always has her grandmother looking over shoulder, which makes her feel like she can never make a mistake.
The novel, looking for Alibrandi is charged with emotional energy. Firstly, this book is written as both a social and cultural analysis of a teenage girl's life. Secondly, Josephine Alibrandi is a third generation Italian Australian caught in a family that is scared of change and the new world.
Looking for Alibrandi is about a seventeen year old girl named Josephine Alibrandi. Her mother Christina had her out of wed-lock at a young age. She experiences turmoil because of her over baring grandmother Nonna who is afraid of change and tries to protect Josephine from the new world, Christina is a woman caught between her mother and daughter but she just wants Josephine to be her self and not be tied down by the Italian bonds she was.
Josephine is becoming closer to her grandmother Nonna. Once Nonna starts to tell Josephine about her past, Josephine starts to become interested in learning more and more about her grandmother. I think she started to realize that she is a lot like her grandmother was at her age.
She doesn’t like the fact that her grandmother always dresses in black like all mourning Italians do. Throughout her life Josephine and Nonna’s relationship goes up and down like a rollercoaster but eventually up as they become mentally connected.
Josephine’s mother, Christina had her when she was only seventeen years old. She grew up never knowing her father, but she knew of and about him from her mother. Christina fell pregnant in a way that is rejected bye Italian culture and once her father found out of this he went “berserk” and through Christina out of his home and refused to have any contact with her. Christina then got taken in bye her uncle and lived with them until her father passed away then she came back in contact with her mother and is growing a strong relationship because her mother did not want Christina to be thrown out because it was wrong.
Josephine is a stubborn, melodramatic, confused, young girl who wants to ‘be accepted by someone other than the underdog.' (Page 32) She doesn't see that her problems amount to nothing when compared to other struggling children in the world, but she feels trapped. Trapped in her Italian roots, even though she was born in Australia Josie has no privileges as an Italian Australian and always has her grandmother looking over shoulder, which makes her feel like she can never make a mistake.
The novel, looking for Alibrandi is charged with emotional energy. Firstly, this book is written as both a social and cultural analysis of a teenage girl's life. Secondly, Josephine Alibrandi is a third generation Italian Australian caught in a family that is scared of change and the new world.