Write an essay and explain how Kate Woods helped you understand something about the main character in Looking for Alibrandi. In the movie Looking for Alibrandi‚ director Kate Woods uses many techniques to help you understand the main character‚ Josie. Some of these techniques are internal dialogue and voice-over narration‚ day-dream sequences and colour enhancement. All these techniques help viewers to have a better understanding of Josie’s character. The first technique that Woods uses that
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Skrzynecki Feliks Skrzynecki Feliks Skrzynecki is the poet’s father and this poem is a tribute to his dignity and stoicism in the face of loss and hardship. Felix’s individual journey from Europe to Australia‚ from one culture to another‚ echoes through the poem and it is clear that the impact of the journey is as strong for the son as it is for the father. Feliks Skrzynecki is an individual physical and cultural journey experienced by Felik’s and narrated by Peter Skrzynecki. It seems Felix
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themselves and their world. This may or may not have positive outcomes‚ for one or two of the people involved‚ but we must all understand the consequences‚ whether good or bad‚ of changing perspectives. Josephine as a character in Kate Woods’ film “Looking for Alibrandi” highlights the ups and downs of being a teenage girl in turmoil‚ trying to find her own way in a community where she “doesn’t belong”‚ to find a positive outcome in what she feels is a world not made for people like her‚ especially with her
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“Feliks Skrzynecki” although a paean of admiration for his father‚ reveals a growing disconnection between the two. The poem reflects aspects of post World War Two life for migrants in Australia‚ providing a viewpoint from the influx of migrants from the war-torn countries of Europe and the racism they endured under the White Australia Policy. This racism is manifested through the clerk’s ignorant question ‘Did your father ever attempt to learn English?’ Ironically‚ it is the clerk who is demeaned
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impact one’s sense of connection with others‚ hindering them negatively. Have you ever had a relationship with someone and then in the next breath it is gone‚ broken‚ destroyed? How did this situation impact you? The poem Feliks skrzynecki written by Peter skrzynecki‚ deals with the issue of the relationships between the generations and the adaption of migrants from an old European culture to the new Australian society. Through the poem we see the widening gap between father and son as the
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fabricates their social and cultural expectations which inevitably influences their ability to belong. The poem Feliks Skrzynecki‚ composed by Peter Skrzynecki depicts a nostalgic yet perplexedly negative description of the writers father. The readers are taken on a journey from Peters child-like admiration for his father to the pairs developing detachment throughout the poem. Peter and his father have contrasting social and cultural expectations as a result of their different upbringings which influence
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comfortable way that is accepted. The prescribed texts that I have used to identify the power of own choice‚ attitudes of others and external factors that influence a person’s sense of belonging; include two poems from Peter Skrzynecki’s ‘Immigrant Chronicle’‚ ‘Migrant Hostel’ and ‘Feliks Skrzynecki’. Another two related texts that I have identified to have significant meaning and relation to the statement‚ include Ian Kim’s watercolour painting ‘Alienation’ and an anonymous online feature article called ‘The
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Personal Growth Practise Essay “The process of changing perspectives inevitably contributes to personal growth.” Analyse how this idea has been represented in your prescribed text‚ “Looking for Alibrandi”‚ and one related text of your choosing. As individuals‚ when faced with gruelling or traumatic experiences‚ we are often compelled to feel a sense of loneliness and seclusion. However‚ it is precisely these times of isolation‚ through reflection and a willingness to embrace the situation that
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your own choosing? Belonging is a sense of enlightenment felt when an individual gains an understanding of themselves in relation to others and the wider world. William Shakespeare’s pastoral play ‘As You Like It’ and the bildungsroman ‘Looking For Alibrandi’ written by Melina Marchetta examine not only how our perceptions of belonging are affected by the passage of time‚ but how our interactions with the world around us can shape us. Individuals seek connection in an attempt to find happiness
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made with people‚ places‚ groups‚ communities and the larger community. There are different concepts of belonging and they can be described through the use of various language and film techniques. Belonging is evident in Peter Skrzynecki’s poems St Patrick’s College and Felix Skrzynecki and in the film Mean Girls directed by Mark Waters. Both composers use various ways of interpreting belonging and not belonging. Through the use of language techniques such as cliché and hyperbole‚ and film techniques
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