because she’s not 100% one of them. Chapter Two 1. At school‚ Josie believes that she doesn’t fit. Why does she feel this way? 2. What are the consequences of this feeling? Consider her friends. 3. Why was Josie impressed with Jacob Coote? 4. Why did Josie aspire to belong to the world of ‘Poison’ Ivy? Chapter Three 1.What does Josie feel about the rituals which are associated with her Italian background? 2. Josie expresses her wish to be free ‘if society will let (her)’ (page
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Chapter Two 1. At school‚ Josie believes that she does not fit in. why does she feel this way? 2. What are the consequences of this feeling? Consider her friends. 3. Why was Josie impressed by Jacob Coote? 4. Why did Josie aspire to belong to the world of ‘Poison Ivy’? 5. What advice could you give her … Chapter Three 1. How does Josie feel about the rituals which are associated with her Italian background? Is she being fair? 2. Josie expresses her wish to be free
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close friend commits suicide‚ family secrets come out‚ she forms a relationship with Jacob Coote plus Josie has to figure out her own identity. Josie attends St Martha’s‚ a wealthy catholic school in Sydney’s Eastern suburbs on an academic scholarship. At school Josie feels like she is the odd one out‚ being ethnic‚ plus all the other students come from wealthy backgrounds. All her life Josie has felt like an outsider. Her birth itself was the beginning of a life as an outcast in the eyes of the
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Jacob in many ways she never thought possible. Throughout the novel‚ Josephine or Josie to the people close to her also changes from a selfish‚ uncaring teenager to a caring‚ more sensitive young woman whose feelings towards others become more apparent and noticeable. Her life is turned upside down in one year‚ and she learns to change‚ and adjust to change in others. Long before starting year 12 at St Martha’s‚ Josie thought of her long lost father Michael as an enigma. “My mother had told me about
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the first day. Josie introduces herself to the reader as an Italian living in Australia. She lives with her mother‚ who had her before she was married‚ doesn’t know her father‚ and has a close relationship with both her mother and nonna (grandmother). When Josie arrives home after school‚ her mother tells her that her father‚ Michael Andretti‚ is in town unexpectedly. Chapter 2 Josie introduces her friends: Sera‚ Anna and Lee‚ and her school enemy: Ivy Lloyd (Poison Ivy). Josie also participates
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a lot of factors that can affect them throughout their transition to adulthood. In looking at Josie she has risks factors that will affect her‚ and will affect her as she transitions through her youth. Josie risks factors are that she is bi-racial‚ that she has behaviors‚ and mental health issues‚ as well as
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relationships and prejudices particularly between Josie‚ her friends and family. Cross-cultural issues are explored in depth in “Looking for Alibrandi”. The novel shows the family traditional values within Josie’s family‚ one of these being Tomato Day. This cultural tradition is important because it fosters greater unity between family members. In addition‚ Italian family culture has a deep meaning about spending time with family. On the contrary‚ Josie‚ a 17 year old Italian-Australian girl‚ being
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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 the relationship between Josie and Jacob and the differences and similarities between the novel and the film. The
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Nonna has a strong hold on Josie’s mother and on Josie as well. In the book Josie is visualized to me to be wearing long shirts‚ jumpers and pants‚ but in the movie Josie goes around wearing short skirts and spaghetti strap singlet tops. In both the book and the movie Josie is always very cautious of what she does‚ if she does something that goes against Nonna’s rules and one of Nonna’s “spies” sees‚ it will immediately get back to Nonna and Josie will get in trouble. Death is something that takes
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One Day Came Josephine Alibrandi (Josie) starts her last year of school at St Martha’s wanting to separate herself from the Italian culture and racism that she has to deal with every day. She feels as though these things are holding her back in life but throughout the book she realises that her culture is her identity and when she embraces it she experiences true freedom and she feels as though she has broken free. The book ‘Looking for Alibrandi’ is about Josie growing up and finding out who she
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