Individual Text Record Sheet for AOS: Belonging Title: Looking for Alibrandi Composer: Melina Marchetta Form and text type: Novel Publication date: 1992 Context: Set in 1992‚ Sydney‚ Australia‚ surrounding the secluded Italian community. Audience: Young adults Purpose: To educate young adults on the stresses and losses of life and how‚ through reflection‚ they can set you free. Brief synopsis of text: Looking for Alibrandi focuses on one girl and the shame her family’s indiscretions have
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In the novel Looking For Alibrandi by marlena marchetta‚ Josephine Alibrandi (also known as Josie) is a typical 17 year old in her H.S.C year at St Martha’s‚ during the course of this year her understanding about life around her changes and so does her views on the people she loves most. Throughout the novel we see a great change in Josephine from a selfish and uncaring girl to a caring more sensitive young lady. Her life changes dramatically throughout the year as she slowly changes and learns
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change in perspective‚ emotional change‚ physically change and world change. In Looking for Alibrandi‚ the author‚ Melina Marchetta demonstrates‚ the concept of change not only through the main character‚ Josephine‚ but also some other minor characters such as Michael Andretti and John Barton though the majority is shown through Josephine. The poem‚ “The Door” by Miroslav Holub is very similar to Looking for Alibrandi as it also shows the concept of change but it tells us that change can mean that
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“Looking for Alibrandi” explores many complexities of adolescence. Discuss with close reference to the text. All adolescents experience many rites of passages due to the turbulence they face during that changing period of their life. Looking for Alibrandi underlines the difficulties and hurdles faced by adolescents due to the changes that hinder their journey and must be overcome before progressing through to adulthood. Melina Marchetta successfully explores some of these many rites of passages
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RITUALS‚ RULES‚ CULTURAL TRADITION " illegitimacy isn’t a big deal any more!" (p35) Jacob: " But what’s the big deal? Everyone has babies without being married these days. Everyone lives together and gets remarried." Josie: "We live in the same country but we’re different. What’s taboo for Italians isn’t taboo for Australians." (p152) " A daughter’s behaviour always reflects on how good a mother is." (p37) " you want to go out?" " You’d have to meet my mother." (p106) Tomato day National
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Looking for Alibrandi Chapters 1-3 1. a) Josie feels trapped by her background‚ disadvantaged very strict and conservative white Anglo Saxon school‚ does not support Italian traditions such as tomato day‚ trapped by high Italian expectations of marital status and being a good little angel. b) Love: Hate relationship‚ respects her‚ “a daughters action reflect on the mother judging whether she is a good mother or not”‚ defensive of her mother‚ she is very
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The novel “Looking for Alibrandi” is a realistic portrayal of teenagers’ lives in the contemporary Australia. The author Melina Marchetta has portrayed her teenager characters in ways‚ which engage with the contemporary Australian teenagers. In this critical response‚ it will examine different kinds of relationships of the teenagers in this novel‚ the friendship‚ love relationship‚ and expectations from the family. The friendship been portrayed in this novel is a realistic portrayal of the
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From the moment we are put into our parents’ arms‚ they begin to shape our identity. Our appearance‚ thoughts and actions are developed from them and what they believe is “right” and “wrong.” However unfair as it may seem at times‚ everything done is based on their past experiences‚ the culture we are born into and ultimately done for our own well-being. “Never change who you are to please people”‚ “There is nothing you can’t do” and “We are proud of you no matter what” are three very common
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Year 11 English Communication - Looking For Alibrandi Students are to complete each section as a word document. Section 1: Close Study – Chapter Questions Chapter One 1. What information is given about Josie’s background? 2. What evidence is there that she is caught between two cultures and two social classes? 3. What beliefs does her thinking reflect here … Chapter Two 1. At school‚ Josie believes that she does not fit in. why does she feel this way? 2. What are
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In the novel‚ Looking for Alibrandi‚ Josie must learn to deal with a whole range of issues. These include her cultural identity‚ her attitudes to her family and friends‚ meeting her father for the first time and her acceptance of her place in society. Each of these issues encourages and enables Josie to change and to understand her life and her role in her family and her community more positively. In the beginning of Looking for Alibrandi it is evident that Josie is conflicted about her heritage
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