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    TOPIC: Josie Alibrandi goes "looking" for herself she discovers she needs to create herself. In the novel "looking for Alibrandi‚ written by Melina Marchetta‚" there are many different situations and feelings that Josephine Alibrandi goes through‚ in order to figure out who she really is as a person. Josie also has to deal with the normal up and down roller coaster ride of being a teenage girl. At the end of her journey she has very different views on certain topics to the original thoughts

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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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    beliefs and opinions is expected and the pressures of 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

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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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    her education and desire to step away from her Italian life and responsibilities‚ breaking away not only from her family and their narrow mindedness but also the entire Italian culture. This is a major leap for Josie who aspires to be the first Alibrandi female to take control of her life. This motivation of freedom is strong in Josie and her rebellious ways demonstrate this. Christina is the result of the Italian culture and the clash it has with the Australian identity. From the time she

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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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    Josephine Alibrandi is a 17 year old catholic girl who has far more to contend to than her study in her final year at school. This year her life is turned upside down when her father comes into her life for the first time‚ her 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

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    Josephine Alibrandi‚ a Catholic girl‚ narrates the novel in her final year of High school. She attends St Martha’s‚ a wealthy catholic school in Sydney’s eastern suburbs. Her academic scholarship ensures her place at the school as she is not as well off as the population of largely wealthy Anglo-Celtic girls that attend the school. Her Italian origin has been the reason for much persecution toward her in her life. Her background against the moneyed origins of her peers also provides much source of

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    Melina Marchetta’s novel‚ Looking for Alibrandi‚ explores a number of topical themes. The themes that are present are: family‚ multiculturalism and heritage. These themes are relevant to most contemporary readers‚ as they may be able to relate to them on a physical / psychological level. The family theme will include the struggles Josephine goes through with her family‚ such as her father running out on her mother‚ and the impact on Josie as her mother having a constant need to find someone to fill

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    Nancy Tran www.boredofstudies.org LOOKING FOR ALIBRANDI – QUOTES (1992 Puffin edition) “My mother was born here so as far as the Italians were concerned we weren’t completely one of them. Yet because my grandparents were born in Italy we weren’t completely Australian.” (p. 7) “It makes me feel I will never be a part of their society and I hate that because I’m just as smart as they are.” (p. 8) “The room isn’t like the living rooms of my parents… but I like it. Because my mother and I are

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