clothes‚ etc. This story is about a 25 year old girl‚ Josie Gellar (Drew Barrymore) who is a undercover newspaper reporter who is determined to go from a "geek" to a beautiful popular girl when she goes back to high school to do her undercover article about today’s teens. At the beginning‚ Josie is thrilled with the opportunity of going back to high school‚ but then she remembers when her high school classmates used to call her "Josie Grossie‚" a nickname invented by her brother (David Arquette)
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emotions anymore? It was as if John was a ghost. Doing what he had to do to get through the day. Doing what he could to make his father proud. That wasn’t living in his opinion. It was merely existing. His hands started to tremble. Looking up at Josie he studied her. She had a look of pure concentration on her face as she wrote everything down. He couldn’t help but envy her. Sure her life wasn’t perfect but it was a hell of a lot better than his. She could choose her own career without being screamed
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Winton; both texts exploring the various life-enhancing outcomes of adversity and how such seeming setbacks can often eventually contribute to personal enrichment. Looking for Alibrandi immerses the audience into a year of the life of main protagonist Josie Alibrandi‚ a 17 year old‚ third generation Italian Australian teenager whose initial identity is predominantly based around her seemingly adamant social ambitions. Woods’ clever use of a sepia filtered lens at the beginning of the establishing scene
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The Perks of being a Wallflower. Well both these texts are oddly alike. They are both about young teenagers struggling to fit into society. Looking for Alibrandi‚ written by Melina Marchetta‚ is about a 17 yr. old girl‚ Josephine Alibrandi or Josie‚ studying in her last year of school at St Martha’s‚ a wealthy catholic school. This already is one of Josie’s challenges run by social diversity‚ as she is on a scholarship from the school‚ compared to most of the other students who come from rich
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There are many types of change‚ change in perspective‚ emotional change‚ physically change and world change. In Looking for Alibrandi‚ the author‚ Melina Marchetta demonstrates‚ the concept of change not only through the main character‚ Josephine‚ but also some other minor characters such as Michael Andretti and John Barton though the majority is shown through Josephine. The poem‚ “The Door” by Miroslav Holub is very similar to Looking for Alibrandi as it also shows the concept of change but it tells
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According to Vance in Hillbilly Elegy what are the features of the culture and family he comes from that create "...a family and culture in crisis"? The first thing that while reading Hillbilly Elegy that stood out to me was the lack of stability that JD has growing up. He said “I could always distinguish my address from my home” (Vance‚ 1). His address was where they lives‚ got mail‚ just a house that they were able to sleep in every night but his home was a place of security‚ familiarity‚ and stability
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the Alibrandis within the 3 generations. We see a strong bond between Josie and Christina in the story because she was raised by a single parent. Josie was greatly influenced by her mother for decision-making and had a biased opinion about her father. But soon after she had personal contact with him‚ she comes to realization that he wasn’t so bad after all. The relationship between the 3 generations was also a disaster. Josie was often irritated by her grandmother‚ Katia at the beginning of the story
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the film looking for Alabrandi and Saving Francesca. Assumptions are pre conceived ideas or ill- informed opinions. In the opening scenes of looking for Alabrandi‚ the protagonist makes many assumptions about herself and her family in particular. Josie perceives her family as out dated and oppressive and assumes herself as someone who can control her own destiny‚ and those of the people around her. This perspective is illuminated in the opening scenes as Woods establishes voice over to illustrate
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English essay: People have the longing to belong and to be accepted by a group or community. A sense of Belonging can emerge from the connections and acceptance we have with other people‚ communities and the larger world. These ideas of belonging are represented in texts which explore aspects of belonging and an individual’s potential to challenge or improve a community group. The film ‘Strictly Ballroom‚’ directed by Baz Lurhman‚ the film ‘Looking for Alibrandi’ directed by Kate Woods and the exaggerated
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experienced fear‚ until I was chased by a Doberman on crack. When‚ I was seven years old my family and I lived in a three apartment duplex in Reno‚ Nevada. One hot summer day‚ I was playing outside in the backyard with my younger sister Emily and my friend Josie. We were kicking dirt clods around the yard with unbridled enthusiasm‚ when Emily suddenly stops. With her curly redhead cocked to the side‚ she tells us that she thought she heard a high pitched whine coming from “over thattaway”. In this case‚ “over
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