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    Looking For Alibrandi

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    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 really is and accepting herself. At home Josie has a strong relationship with her mother (Christina) and this has developed as there is no one else there for her at home. For 17 years

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    Gary Paulsen's Nightjohn

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    In chapter four of Gary Paulsen’s Nightjohn‚ a slave named Alice was caught walking into the White House. Waller‚ the slave owner‚ doesn’t allow slaves in the White House so he whipped her until her back was ripped and bleeding. Sarny‚ the narrator‚ recalled a story about a slave name Jim. Jim tried to escape during the night but the next morning Waller set after him with the dogs. Waller feeds the dogs blood things that make them mean. Jim climbed a tree but the tree wasn’t good enough; the dogs

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    Looking for Alibrandi

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    novel ’Looking for Alibrandi’ explores the senior years of Josephine “Josie” Alibrandi with her struggle in forming her identity‚ falling in love with Jacob Coote and the unexpected arrival of her father Michael Andretti. Through each of these important ideas the character of Josie‚ Jacob and Michael‚ grow to understand and achieve their emancipation. Being faced with hardships in life in life result in understanding of identity and knowledge. The character of Josie in the novel ’Looking for Alibrandi

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    Hernando De Soto was the first to see the Mississippi river? De Soto was born in Spain. He might was born in the year 1496 or 1501. His real name is Fernando. In 1539 De Soto and his men went ashore at Tampa Bay Florida. He grew wealthy as a trader as a trader of Indian slaves. Hernando sailed for Spain. He started from Spain. He went to Tampa Bay. He discovers the Mississippi river. It ended when he was going back to the Mississippi river. His death is on May 21‚ 1542. De Soto joined the

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    Looking For Alaska

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    Looking for Alaska’‚ John Green’s Debut novel was published in 2005.The novel is about a group of lost‚ but additionally very intelligent teenagers‚ who attend Culver Creek Boarding School for their first junior year. They are on the contrary to shallow‚ more or less precise opposite; Alaska Young‚ Miles Halter and Chip Martin’s thought are as deep as the Mariana trench. Their complicated way of looking at life‚ thirst for an adventure‚ seeking simplicity and comprehension in an intricate world

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    Hatchet By Gary Paulsen

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    In the novel Hatchet‚ by Gary Paulsen the theme is survival of the fittest. In Hatchet‚ by Gary Paulsen the book binds you to continue reading it until the very end. It like you are there with Brian and had a very descriptive image what it would look like standing next to him. “ A book is a magical thing that lets you travel to far-away places without leaving your chair” - Katrina Mayer. The plot of Hatchet‚ by Gary Paulsen is very interesting because of how you could imagine yourself right

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    Looking Glass

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    more than animals that do whatever it takes to survive. Instead humans recognize that they are part of a group‚ and they observe other humans for guiding cues on how they should respond. When a baby is born it observes its mother to learn how emotions work and what the proper response to different events should be. Gradually as the child learns that it is a separate being from its mother and other humans it learns to think about its own reactions and responses and how they differ from those of other

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    Essay 1 – ‘Looking for Alibrandi’ ‘How are the differences between Australian and Italo-Australian culture displayed by Marchetta and what effects do they have on the protagonist Josie?” Melina Marchetta’s cult text ‘Looking for Alibrandi’ looks at many issues of growing up in Australia torn between two cultures. The main protagonist Josie Alibrandi was born in Australia into a family with strong Italian cultural links and her battle to ‘find’ herself and her ethnicity is one that I will explore

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    Looking For Alaska

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    Niki Hultquist John Green’s Looking for Alaska Green‚ John. Looking for Alaska. Penguin Print Inc.‚ 2005. Print Miles “Pudge” Halter’s life is nothing out of the ordinary. Although Pudge is comfortable with “ordinary” he is willing spice up his life by leaving his current life behind. In search of a “Great Perhaps”‚ Pudge decides to attend Culver Creek Boarding School where his life is turned upside down. Pudge allows himself to try new things and put himself in danger to find a Great Perhaps

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    Nightjohn By Gary Paulsen

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    over vanilla then vanilla is lost. For every choice there is a consequence and a beneficial factor‚ the decision is presented and the question is are the consequences of our actions minimal enough that they may be overlooked? The story NightJohn by Gary Paulsen tells the story of a young girl and her so called family in the midst of slavery‚ the girl’s name is Sarny and she desires knowledge but in such a time as slavery the cost for knowledge is extremely high‚ as high as death sometimes. The choice

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