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    learning about yourself and others. Do you agree? I agree that journeys are how you learn who you are. As inner journeys are what help form the person you become through the challenges you face in life. In “The Turning” by Tim Winton and “Looking for Alibrandi” by Melina Marchetta‚ both of these texts have the relation of journeys and self discovery with the events that happen which effects how their life pans out. With all the pressures of school‚ life which the characters encounter helps them to self

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    expectations are abundant would not be easy. This is especially obvious if the ‘victim’ is emotionally unhinged (or at least slightly ajar) and looking for stability through constants‚ including their heritage and who they actually are. Josephine Alibrandi has all of these pressures heaped on her adolescent mind but the impact is doubled because she doesn’t know who she is‚ which isn’t helped by the fact that she has trouble initially ‘bonding’ with her father‚ which is a necessary step. It also doesn’t

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    At the start of "Looking for Alibrandi"‚ by Melina Marchetta we are introduced to a seventeen year old girl by the name of Josephine "Josie" Alibrandi‚ who is in her last year of high school. By the end of the book it is made obvious that Josephine has gone through many dramatic and important changes‚ including achieving her emancipation‚ discovering her family secret‚ accepting her culture‚ and meeting‚ and having a relationship with her father‚ Michael Andretti. All of these changes‚ and others

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    there is a growing awareness of the changing multicultural basis of the Mauritian society and of a more holistic and non-eurocentric counselling approaches need to be adopted by practitioners. While there is “increased attention to diversity and multiculturalism in the counselling profession” (Walden‚ Herlihy & Ashton‚ 2003‚ p. 109)‚ there is still much to be done to move counselling towards a “post-colonial” approach. In other words‚ moving the counselling profession towards more openness to diversity

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    “The novel explores the impact families have on individuals” LOOKING FOR ALIBRANDI The novel ‘Looking for Alibrandi’ points out aspects‚ like multiculturalism‚ immigration‚ social differences‚ but also love‚ friendship and family life. It explores relationships between Josie Alibrandi‚ Jacob Coote and John Barton through their family cultures and backgrounds. The Alibrandi family has big impacts on Josie as an individual‚ John Barton’s family impacts him as well although differently. Josephine

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    Looking for Alibrandi Film Review Looking For Alibrandi is an Australian film directed by Kate Woods and produced by Robyn Kershaw‚ which was also based on the novel‚ written by Melina Marchetta‚ which she co-scripted as well. Although the film and the novel have the same plot‚ the scenes are in different order‚ which makes it a mystery to watch or read. Josephine Alibrandi (Pia Miranda) is in her last year of high school‚ attending a catholic private school with a scholarship. She promises herself

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    Automatic Upgrade 1. Write a summary The text “Automatic Upgrade” from 2011 is a short story by Maggie Robb. In “Automatic Upgrade” we are introduced to Ramesh‚ a 26-year-old Indian boy‚ who is travelling by plane to Surrey with his grandmother. On the plane‚ Ramesh tells his grandmother that he is going to quit his career as a doctor to work in the mobile phone business. The grandmother doesn’t take this news very well and she is not satisfied buy his decision. She thinks he is crazy for doing

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    Everyone has different beliefs and ways of thinking. All people have grown up in different families with different types of faith and culture. It is extremely important for people to know what they believe in. Many college professors tend to make their students of all cultures‚ question or defend what they believe in. Therefore‚ professors at those different universities should continue to question their students’ faith. Growing up‚ kids have many different types of rules to abide by. Parents teach

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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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    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 is exposed

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