but at the same time contributing to it. Josie goes to St Martha’s‚ a private catholic school that is “all about money‚ prestige and what your father does for a living.” She is of low social-economic background and is
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symbolism of leaving in looking for Alibrandi where Josie believes she knows exactly what she wants to do‚ where she wants to go and who she wants to marry. Josie Meets Jacob Coote from cook high at a public speaking event‚ the two have an instant reaction it could even be described by chemical. Josie and Jacob are portrayed as opposites Josie’s believes that she is better than Jacob. When the Sydney schools have the first social event of the year Josie looks to John Barton (the son of the national
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texts‚ the audience are able to identify the likeness and contrasts among the film and novel. Firstly‚ one of the characters that represents the similarities and differences between the two texts is the narrator of the story‚ Josephine Alibrandi or Josie. The stubborn Italian teenager shares multiple similarities within both texts. One of these similarities is her relationship
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characters such as Nonna Katia‚ Michael Andretti‚ Jacob Coote and Poison Ivy. Each character builds a stronger relationship with Josie and discovers their true identities. Josephine changes her attitude and the way she acts‚ finally realizing where she belongs. Josephine changes the way she sees herself and comes to understand their family’s culture and traditions. Josie places herself in uncomfortable positions with negative thoughts at the start of the year‚ remarking “I felt disadvantaged from
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Her grandmother Nona Katia is at first seemed to be one of the main causes for her confusion and unhappiness but as Josie receives and insight to her life Nona turns out to be one of the people who act like the key to the door of realization. Meeting her father‚ Michael Andretti‚ is as an important external event in Josie’s life as he gives her a sense of belonging and hope. Josie absorbs the definition of life by learning from her suicidal friend John Barton and she allows her self to see beyond
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Hesse’s Siddhartha and Esquivel’s Like Water for Chocolate both demonstrate love’s intensity. Hesse’s novel speaks generally about the hardship contributed with the loss of live Siddhartha encounters with his son and dealing with inner conflict to find enlightenment with the absence of love. In a sense‚ Esquivel’s novel begins with the hardship of lost love and ends with the finding of enlightenment with love. These novels display a reciprocal effect and account for both similarities
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prejudice. As a result Jose often feels demoralized and excluded. Josie at times has also had preconceived ideas about the people around her. Josie first thought of Nonna as an over caring‚ selfish grandmother who is only worried about herself‚ As Looking For Alibrandi progresses‚ and Josie finds out about her Nonna’s past with Francesco and Marcus Sandford. Josie begins to understand that Nona’s life wasn’t as easy as Josie first thought. Josie finds out how hard Nonna’s early life was‚ with her husband
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with the main Character Josie Alibrandi who suffers racial/cultural discrimination‚ broken family relations and bullying at school. Josie is a typical teenager who believes she is in complete control of the life and has great‚ extra-ordinary dreams for herself. Life is good for Josie until two significant people come into Josie’s life; her father‚ Michael Andretti‚ and a local boy from another school‚ Jacob Coote. At the start of the movie “Looking for Alibrandi” Josie saw her friend Jacob Coote
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her parents have on her. Josie is not the same girl at the end of book as she was at the beginning. "How dare you think that I want to be in your life! I don’t want you anywhere near us‚ especially my mother" (Josie to Michael- page 69). These are just some of the many words Josie spat out at Michael in one of their many arguments. From that point on she‚ Josie‚ is forcing herself to hate Michael for what he had done to her mother But as the book progresses Josie finds herself actually starting
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are uncovered through the interpersonal relationship between Josie and Nonna Katia. In an attempt to grow closer to Nonna‚ Josie agrees to look at her old photos‚ which leads on to the discovery of Nonna’s affair with Marcus Sandford. Marcus was an Australian man who fell in love with Nonna in the 1940’s who could give her one thing Francesco couldn’t‚ a child. Josie is angered by this as it condescends everything Nonna has told Josie and Christina throughout their lives. “ ‘You-are-a-liar‚’ I
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