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    Looking for Alibrandi is a film that conveys the meaning of identity through the use of a variety of film techniques illustrated by the composers. The Outsiders‚ a novel by S.E. Hinton also has the meaning of identity hidden away somewhere between its pages‚ as does the poem The Road Not Taken but between its four stanzas. Poetic and language techniques give us a better idea of the meaning of identity. Identity‚ the word that describes who we are and how we see ourselves as a human being. A lot

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    In the filmLooking For Alibrandi’‚ Josie must learn to deal with a whole range of issue. How and why does Josie change? ‘Looking For Alibrandi’ is a film about growing-up which shows us Josie’s journey in searching for her identity and her sense of belonging. This movie is directed by Kate Woods and based on the book which has the same name. In the film‚ Josie has learnt to deal with a range of issue which helps her find out who is she. Her attitude to Michael (her Dad) had changed very clearly

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    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

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    During life there are many events that we face which help us change our perspectives and gain wisdom. The Bildungsroman feature film Looking For Alibrandi‚ directed by Kate Woods and released in 1999‚ as well as the novel Looking For Alaska‚ written by John Green and published in March of 2005 both explore the transformation from innocence to wisdom. Both of these texts explore the idea that the more we know about people and the more we observe and listen‚ the greater the opportunity for tolerance

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    is epitomised within Kate Woods‚ ‘Looking for Alibrandifilm and further developed within Peter Skrzynecki’s poems Feliks Skryznecki and St Patricks College.

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    LOOKING FOR ALBRANDI COMPARITIVE ESSAY The novel Looking for Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta is about Josephine Alibrandi a catholic girl‚ in her final year at high school. As the year progresses Josie alters her perspective on many issues including her culture‚ family‚ own identity‚ and the importance of social standing and wealth. This novel has also been turned into a film directed by Kate Woods‚ both the novel and film explores quite a vast variety of relationships. We will be looking into

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    The title “Looking for Alibrandi” fits this novel perfectly. At first‚ the title didn’t have a great deal of meaning to me. However‚ as I continued to read the novel I started to realize just how relevant the title and the novel was and how it described the life of the main character Josephine Alibrandi‚ or Josie as she is called in the novel. Josie has always known that she was born out of wedlock to her mother Christina Alibrandi and has never known her father. Her whole sense of family is further

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    Change is to move from one state to another. Change is caused by family‚ culture‚ society and the environment. ‘Looking for Alibrandi’ by Melina Marchetta and ‘Tess of the d’Urbervilles’ by Thomas Hardy are two novels‚in which change is a major theme. Melina Marchetta uses techniques such as first-person narration and linear structure to perceive change in the novel‚while Hardy uses Omniscient narration and dialogue to percieve change. My understanding of change has been improved through situations

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    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

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    Looking for Alibrandi Chapters 1-3 1. a) Josie feels trapped by her background‚ disadvantaged very strict and conservative white Anglo Saxon school‚ does not support Italian traditions such as tomato day‚ trapped by high Italian expectations of marital status and being a good little angel. b) Love: Hate relationship‚ respects her‚ “a daughters action reflect on the mother judging whether she is a good mother or not”‚ defensive of her mother‚ she is very

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