Looking For Alibrandi Research Paper
Melina Marchetta’s 1993 novel, Looking for Alibrandi, is based on the story of an Italian teenage girl living in Australia during the early 1990’s in Sydney. Kate Woods’ motion picture interpretation of the book creates similarities and differences between the two texts. By comparing the characters of Josephine Alibrandi, Katia Alibrandi and Poison Ivy/ Carly in both texts, the audience are able to identify the likeness and contrasts among the film and novel.
Firstly, one of the characters that represents the similarities and differences between the two texts is the narrator of the story, Josephine Alibrandi or Josie. The stubborn Italian teenager shares multiple similarities within both texts. One of these similarities is her relationship …show more content…
Katia Alibrandi or Nonna is one of the influential characters in both texts. She was born in Sicily but moved to Australia with her husband, Francesco Alibrandi. Although, Katia seems overbearing sometimes, she is quite protective of her family. It seems that Katia only wants the best for herself, Christiana who is her daughter and her granddaughter, Josephine. This is evident in the novel when Katia says: “… tink of the way my darling Christina would be treated… so I stayed to protect my baby.” (pg. 225). Nonna’s affection could also be seen differently in the movie when Josie says: “…But there’s always Nonna’s spy ring.” This referring to how Nonna has her friends following Josie to make sure she gets to Katia’s place. However, the similarities comes with the differences between the film and the novel but they are only slightly important to the plot. In the book, Katia tells Josie not to tell Christiana about Marcus Sandford and how he is Christina’s true father. This is evident when Josephine says: “… I’ll tell her.” Which Nonna shouts back: “No, don’t ever tell Christina.” (pg. 218) but in the film the conversation goes differently when Josie states: “You have to tell her… no more lies.” Which Christina walks in and asks: “Tell her what?” This ending the scene with an upset Christina who now knows the truth about Marcus Sandford. Nevertheless, there are more similarities than differences between both texts involving the character Katia
Firstly, one of the characters that represents the similarities and differences between the two texts is the narrator of the story, Josephine Alibrandi or Josie. The stubborn Italian teenager shares multiple similarities within both texts. One of these similarities is her relationship …show more content…
Katia Alibrandi or Nonna is one of the influential characters in both texts. She was born in Sicily but moved to Australia with her husband, Francesco Alibrandi. Although, Katia seems overbearing sometimes, she is quite protective of her family. It seems that Katia only wants the best for herself, Christiana who is her daughter and her granddaughter, Josephine. This is evident in the novel when Katia says: “… tink of the way my darling Christina would be treated… so I stayed to protect my baby.” (pg. 225). Nonna’s affection could also be seen differently in the movie when Josie says: “…But there’s always Nonna’s spy ring.” This referring to how Nonna has her friends following Josie to make sure she gets to Katia’s place. However, the similarities comes with the differences between the film and the novel but they are only slightly important to the plot. In the book, Katia tells Josie not to tell Christiana about Marcus Sandford and how he is Christina’s true father. This is evident when Josephine says: “… I’ll tell her.” Which Nonna shouts back: “No, don’t ever tell Christina.” (pg. 218) but in the film the conversation goes differently when Josie states: “You have to tell her… no more lies.” Which Christina walks in and asks: “Tell her what?” This ending the scene with an upset Christina who now knows the truth about Marcus Sandford. Nevertheless, there are more similarities than differences between both texts involving the character Katia