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    lengths to achieve a sense of belonging; whether it to be a group‚ culture or city‚ some people will try anything. Techniques such as stage directions‚ hamartia‚ and dialogue are used in the set text Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible” to display belonging and not belonging. Other techniques such as symbolism and camera shot are used to exhibit belonging and not belonging in the supplementary text Your Favorite Martian’s “Zombie Love Song” film clip. In Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible”‚ stage direction is used

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    Belonging is a far-reaching yet complex idea that is powerfully explored in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible. It illustrates a variety of aspects of belonging‚ where it can be compared and contrasted with ideas in other texts such as Oliver Parker’s film Dorian Gray and Oodgeroo Noonuccal’s poem We Are Going. These texts present ideas of power and isolation‚ which consequently lead to individuals either belonging or not belonging to the community. Through the use of a variety of literary‚ film and dramatic

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    Looking For Alibrandi How has your understanding of narrative conventions helped you to explore the relevant themes in Looking for Alibrandi. Looking for Alibrandi is a novel which mostly deals with the concept of emotional change. Through a number of characters‚ the author‚ Melina Marchetta demonstrates clearly the concept of change and changing perspective. A variety of events happen throughout the novel to these characters which influence their lives and change their perspectives. Through these

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    PERSONAL RESPONSE TO LOOKING FOR ALIBRANDI The novel Looking for Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta (1993)‚ is about a young 16 year old girl named Josephine Alibrandi trying to find herself in her final year of high school. It shows high and lows throughout the novel with Josie finding her father and starting a relationship with him‚ to losing her close friend John Barton from suicide. There are many themes in the novel such as Family‚ Relationships‚ Search for identity and MULTICULTURALISM. The narrative

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    Looking for Alibrandi {1992} is a novel written by Melina Marchetta‚ which presents to us the internal conflict that immigrant children face in a multicultural society. Throughout the novel Josephine Alibrandi struggles to find her personal and cultural identity‚ she is trying to find who she is. At school she experiences a feeling of being different and endures prejudice of other students who have not learnt to accept or appreciate anyone different from themselves. Through her last year she learns

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    acceptance or connection to something or someone. This desire to be accepted can be described as one’s wish to ‘belong’. Belonging describes the state in which someone finally reaches an affinity‚ whether it may be physical‚ emotional or otherwise with an entity‚ that may be a community‚ place or ideal. The importance of being accepted to belong can be observed in the playwright ‘The crucible’ by Arthur Miller. In the play the hysteria that arises from accusations of witchcraft creates a chaotic situation

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    In the film ‘Looking 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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    The sense of belonging humans naturally seek in life reflects the feeling of security and being accepted. They struggle with their identity as they make the choice whether to reject the individuality and belong to a community or group. When individuals seek to belong and rigidly follow society’s norms and practices‚ they must adhere to the strict rules of their society. In doing do‚ the desire to belong comes into conflict with the need to be an individual. These ideas are powerfully evident in Arthur

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    What is it to belong to a group? Is it really that simple when someone says‚ "Either you’re with us or you’re not"? Yes‚ it is that simple. Belonging and exclusion in any situation are two sides of the same coin - you can’t have one without the other. In any organization or group‚ people are bound together by a community of interest‚ purpose or function and if you do not believe in these same things‚ then you are not a part of that group. In an organization or group‚ you have to ask yourself‚ "What

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    Assessment 2: Text Analysis Response- Examine a turning point “Looking for Alibrandi” by Melina Marchetta “Looking for Alibrandi” is a contemporary novel about a 17 year old Catholic girl‚ Josephine Alibrandi‚ who was in her final year at school. Her life was turned upside down when her father came into her life for the first time‚ her close friend committed suicide‚ family secrets came out and she encountered love. During the course of the novel she had to deal with issues such as

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