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    Proposal for a Related Text Looking for Alibrandi is a good example of expanding on the theme of belonging. Jose is a confused girl who is searching to find where she belongs in her two different cultures and trying to find a balance of both. Jose being a ’bastard’ reflects how she does not feel she belongs in her family‚ as her nonna has always blamed Jose’s mother‚ Christina for her birth. A quote that proves this is "Nonna says where lucky to be included‚ because we’re cursed we don’t really

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    Looking for Alibrandi People’s perspective or how they look at things change because of their culture‚ growing up and maturity. Growing up is a process that starts when you are born and ends when you discover yourself and learn to like what you have become. For some people‚ growing up is not easy. “Looking For Alibrandi” is a novel by Melina Marchetta that displays ones inner struggle with their own identity. Josephine Alibrandi is a 17 year-old arrogant‚ immature individual who lives with her

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    movies are based on books‚ and in many stories the books are more detailed. There could be many differences between a book and a movie. These differences could impact the audience’s point of view. There are many differences between the book Animal Farm‚ and the movie‚ that impact the audience by changing their perspective of the book. There are many changes in the movie‚ but the two major changes are‚ the song Beasts of England‚ and the death of old Major. First‚ in the book Animal Farm Beasts of

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    In the novel Looking for Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta‚ there are many representations of how fathers are portrayed in this novel. Question. Marchetta’s believes that a positive fatherhood figure is essential within a Childs life such as Michael Andretti helping his daughter‚ Joesphine Alibrandi achieve her emancipation. Marchetta contrasts Michael against negatively representations of fatherhood figures such as Senator Barton and Francesco Alibrandi. In the beginning of the novel‚ Marchetta represents

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    Looking for Alibrandi is an Award-winning contemporary Australian teenage novel written by author Melina Marchetta‚ which highlights cultural‚ age and social boundaries that were evident in the earlier periods of Australian society. In this book a number of characters were discriminated and marginalised due to their culture‚ gender and social class. Marginalisation is when people are being separated from the rest of the society and thus are powerless and deemed unimportant. This book represents

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    belonging‚ hence forcing them to reevaluate their own identity and their ability to experience a sense of belonging. This notion can be seen in both‚ The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri and Looking For Alibrandi directed by Kate Wood. In the namesake‚ the character Gogol’s abnormal name forces

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    towards others as we reappraise our former thoughts‚ attitudes change. This is illustrated in the novel Looking for Alibrandi and the poem “My Father Began as a god” by Ian Mudie. Growth is inevitable and change must happen whether it is physical or emotional. Once change happens‚ there are many unexpected events and experience that happens gradually. A key event in the novel Looking for Alibrandi that

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    Throughout the novel ‘Looking for Alibrandi’ by Melinda Marchetta‚ Josephine’s attitudes towards her family change. At the beginning of the book Josie clung to her mother and didn’t know or understand her grandmother and father. By the end‚ she develops a much more mature relationship with mum and comes to understand and accept her grandmother and father. The relationship between Josie and her mother at the start of the novel was very suffocating for her mother. They were very close and loved

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    She was the vice school captain of St Martha’s‚ has the support of friends such as Sera‚ Anna and Lee and her close relatives‚ her mother and grandmother‚ and most of all her boyfriends Jacob Coote and John Barton. Italian Australian Josephine Alibrandi‚ 17‚ says life has become “crazy” at this year because of the events at school especially the HSC coming up. She has been learning to resist and overcome the selfish social and racist people calling her an ethnic and wog and is dealing with controversial

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    Peer and family relationships help to change and shape both the identity of Josie and Amal from the novels Looking for Alibrandi and Does my head look big in this? Identity is who someone is and their characteristics. Everyone has an identity though finding that identity can be a challenge but something that has to be done. Identity often changes for the good and is necessary in life. Positive and negative relationships are a key to changing someones identity. Learning from negative relationship

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