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    Looking for Alibrandi

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    novel ’Looking for Alibrandi’ explores the senior years of Josephine “Josie” Alibrandi with her struggle in forming her identity‚ falling in love with Jacob Coote and the unexpected arrival of her father Michael Andretti. Through each of these important ideas the character of Josie‚ Jacob and Michael‚ grow to understand and achieve their emancipation. Being faced with hardships in life in life result in understanding of identity and knowledge. The character of Josie in the novel ’Looking for Alibrandi

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    Looking For Alibrandi’ by Melina Marchetta leads the reader towards the theme of lost identity and the pursuit to find it. The protagonist‚ Josephine Alibrandi‚ displays the importance of self-acceptance through a riveting odyssey of belonging. Marchetta highlights the significance of relationships and the effect that they have towards the outcome of emancipation. The novel journeys the idea of cultural acceptance through a series of events that displays the impact of family enigmas. Josephine

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    Nancy Tran www.boredofstudies.org LOOKING FOR ALIBRANDI – QUOTES (1992 Puffin edition) “My mother was born here so as far as the Italians were concerned we weren’t completely one of them. Yet because my grandparents were born in Italy we weren’t completely Australian.” (p. 7) “It makes me feel I will never be a part of their society and I hate that because I’m just as smart as they are.” (p. 8) “The room isn’t like the living rooms of my parents… but I like it. Because my mother and I are

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    Chapter One: Q1) Ten words to describe Josephine Alibrandi are: Rebellious‚ Emotional‚ Intelligent‚ Mature‚ Embarrassed (by Nonna)‚ Self conscious‚ Sarcastic‚ Opinionated‚ Friendly and Observant. Q2) Josephine lives in a suburb called Glebe Q3) Josephine attends a school named St. Marthas. This school Is not Co-Ed and has nuns as teachers. It is full of rich‚ white kids. Q4) Her biggest problem is being stuck at a school full o rich kids with rich families. Q5) She is ‘illegitimate’ because

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    Australian community‚ as she had no father and was only half Australian. Josie thought her life would change when she was accepted into St Martha’s on a scholarship‚ but there she was looked down upon for not being able to afford to pay. A major theme in Looking For Alibrandi is identity. Josie has a change in perspective on her own identity. Initially‚ Josie believed that her appearance and ethnic background were the determining factors in her social acceptance .She also believes that because she is at a

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    Essay 1 – ‘Looking for Alibrandi’ ‘How are the differences between Australian and Italo-Australian culture displayed by Marchetta and what effects do they have on the protagonist Josie?” Melina Marchetta’s cult text ‘Looking for Alibrandi’ looks at many issues of growing up in Australia torn between two cultures. The main protagonist Josie Alibrandi was born in Australia into a family with strong Italian cultural links and her battle to ‘find’ herself and her ethnicity is one that I will explore

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    Looking for a Job? You have probably already thought about steps to undertake to find a job. Some of you may be working‚ others are still looking for a post. Whatever we do‚ we will work one day‚ and this time I would like to give you some useful vocabulary in English. What is a Job? It is what we do regularly to earn money (most often)‚ especially in a particular company or for a person There are different types of jobs First of all‚ it can be full-time‚ i e a job that you do for at least the

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    Looking for Abrandi

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    Page 2 Page 3 MIN 00:48 03:29 06:39 12:18 22:07 TIMING INFORMATION TOPIC Title - World Water Resources The Middle East - Water Wars China - The Impact of Dams Australia - Water & the Environment End Titles BACKGROUND INFORMATION WORLD WATER RESOURCES - FACTS • Water covers 71% of the earth’s surface. Of this amount: 93% is in the oceans 2.5% lies in underground aquifers 2% is in ice caps 2.5% is available freshwater that we can use. • Global water consumption has risen 6 fold since

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    DIANA NYAKUNDI FRESHMAN COMPOSITION 09/29/10 LOOKING FOR ZORA In her essay Looking for Zora‚ Alice walker ventures out to Eatonville Florida to find out more about Zora Hurston. Walker masquerades as Zora’s niece and goes around inquiring on what was the cause of Zora’s death‚ where her grave is currently‚ and what was she like‚ alive. Walker argues that the writer’s undignified and unfamiliar resting place is far less important than the memories and influence she has left behind. The main appeal

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    Niki Hultquist John Green’s Looking for Alaska Green‚ John. Looking for Alaska. Penguin Print Inc.‚ 2005. Print Miles “Pudge” Halter’s life is nothing out of the ordinary. Although Pudge is comfortable with “ordinary” he is willing spice up his life by leaving his current life behind. In search of a “Great Perhaps”‚ Pudge decides to attend Culver Creek Boarding School where his life is turned upside down. Pudge allows himself to try new things and put himself in danger to find a Great Perhaps

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