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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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    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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    day I die. I used to wish when I was young that my mother had made a mistake and that my father wasn’t the son of an Italian‚ but an Australian. So I could be part of the ‘in crowd’ you know." (152) Race is a prominent aspect in the novel Looking for Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta. Ethnic notions are evident throughout the book as they construct a variety of values which link together to create a being of reality. Within the text illegitimacy‚ discrimination and status are demonstrated It is unmistakable

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    and you laugh instead of crying.” 61 “And when you’d finished running you’d be thousands of miles away from people who love you and your problem would still be there except you’d have nobody to help you.” 62 “I spent the whole morning looking at him. He looked at Mama. Mama looked at me. Then he would look at me. I would look at Mama. She would look at him. In different circumstances‚ I’d be amused.” 64 “You’re the father of the person who is my life.” “It’s too late. Seventeen-year-olds

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    the book looking for Alibrandi written by Melina Marchetta published 1990. The book is about a stubborn‚ insecure and judgemental teenager who feels like she doesn’t fit in society because of her illegitimacy‚ ethnicity‚ status and family history. We can also see this from the poem Refugee Blues written by WH Auden and Neighbours by Tim Winston which both show perception off fitting in and not fitting because of ethnicity and status. Josephine Alibrandi is the main character in looking for Alibrandi

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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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    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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    Looking for Alibranbi is a book by Melina Marchetta about a young girl name Josie who lives in Australian and is starting a new year of school as the vice-captain along side with Lvy Lloyd. She meets a guy name John Barton who letter in the book kills himself. Josie is an Italian in an Australian and is classed as a third generation Italian‚ she only has one parent her mother which Josie things the world of. John Barton is the son of a politician. His dad has high exptashs for his son‚ John has

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    Good after noon fellow students and teachers I am here to talk to you about my choice of two texts that I have chosen that are related to adaptation. The two texts I have chosen are the novel looking for alibrandi by Melina Marchetta and the film Shawshank redemption by Frank Darabont. Adaptation is a movement from a previous state to a new state which will cause people to react differently depending on what the change is. Adaptation is expressed throughout life in many different aspects and formats

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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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