Looking for Alibrandi

Looking for Alibrandi is a novel written by Melina Marchetta. It is approximately a young female named Josephine Alibrandi. This book is ab protrude Josephines journey in search of her identity, and her human races around her. It shows how her views are depicted and how her views change end-to-end the trend of the novel. This novel portrays the practice and ab spend of power and its effects on individuals in society. These powers include the powers of freedom, education, legal, mental, cultural, pressure, parental, empowerment, in the flesh(predicate) choice and relationships.All these powers make a huge tint passim the stemma of the novel, whether they or negative or positive powers. The power of freedom, with the theme of destiny is a power present through step up the whole novel. This power plays positively through the novel. Josie believes that a person can chose their destiny and create their own path of life. She believes that no matter who you are, you can prevail o ver anything that is holding you fanny and that you can defy the stars and create your own destiny.In the novel Josie mentions were masters of our own destiny which highlights the power of freedom, and having a choice in where your life is heading. On the some some early(a)(a)wise hand, the power of freedom ties in with the power of finishing. The power of kitchen-gardening plays a negative path of the spirit level in Looking for Alibrandi. The power of culture intertwines with the themes of racism and multiculturalism. Josies culture, world of Italian descent, holds her rearward in the course of the novel. As Josephine is an ethnic girl, it holds her back from beingness the person she wants to be, and the things she wants to achieve.Her culture is a wall seperating her from who she is right now, and she wants to be. As an ethnic, she is looked down in society, and it makes her life more difficult. In the novel, Josie states no matter how smart I am or how untold I ac hieve, I am always deviation to be a little ethnic from Glebe, as far as these people are concerned. This affirmation clarifies her struggle of being an ethnic in the Australian society. The power of education is a power utilize positively in the book. With the power of education and Josies intelligence, she earns a scholarship at a ich, high class school day. This power is use positively as Josies family is of the working class society, and they are ineffectual to afford fees at St Marthas scarcely with the help of her scholarship, allows her to enter the school. Whilst attending this school Josie come ins a taste of real life experiences within a alter society. Josie then receives a broader perspective on the views of how she sees other people, and how they depict her. The psychological powers in the book are abused both negatively and positively.First of all, psychological powers are used negatively when Nonno Francesco forces Nonna Katia to stay with him because of Katia s secret with Marcus Sanford. Francesco uses these occurrences to his advantage and blackmails Katia to stay with him, so that he is not looked down upon in daunt by his family if Katia were to leave him. In contrast, the use of psychological powers is also used in a positive aspect. Josies search for her identity uses psychological power. As Josie pecks more to the highest degree herself and her family, she finds out many things that help her to become the person she was longing to be and to uncover her true identity.Josies positive use of psychological powers in using it to find her true self, has helped her understand the concepts of life and broaden he horizons towards her views on life alto compassher. Whilst finding her identity, Josie quotes Ill run one day. untangle for my life. To be free and think for myself. Not as an Australian and not as a not as an Italian and not as in between. Ill run to be emancipated. This disceptation shows how Josie views herself, and that she just wants to be her own person and uncover her true identity. Parental power is used in the negatively in this novel.It shows how people in society pressure their children, and do not let them choose to be the person they want to be. An moral of this is bum Barton. He receives a lack of freedom, not only this, just great amounts of pressure are laid upon him to follow the family footsteps. Even though he had everything anyone ever needed, its not what tail wanted. When expressing himself to Josie, John states Ive always had to be the best because its expected of me. With this quote, you could feel the pressure laid upon John, to be who his parents want him to be. This leads to the path of personal choice.Personal choice is connected to parental power, empowerment and relationships. The power of personal choice is used negatively an eccentric of this negative use is John Bartons choice to commit felo-de-se. With all the weight put upon John, and the pressure he received f rom his family, he was confused and did not know what to do. With his easy relationship with his family, and having too such(prenominal) power, he felt he had no other choice to rid of all these pressures, but to revert to suicide. John believed that suicide would solve all his problems and he would be set free of everything laid upon him, and that he would receive complete emancipation.A positive power did arise from Johns personal choice of suicide. This was the power of empowerment. Johns death impacted the other characters positively. Johns death empowered the other characters it make the other characters, like Josie and Ivy think thoroughly astir(predicate) where they were in life, and where there lives were heading. It provided determination for the characters to pursue themselves to be who they want to be. It had motivated the characters to be strong, to piffle and interact with severally other and express what they each(prenominal) felt.This incident do everyone bond , and everyones relationships strengthened through the experience. End here, and add conclusion if not large epoch The power of relationships is the strongest power in the novel. It is one of the only powers present throughout the entire novel. There are many relationships in the novel, one being with the women of the Alibrandi family. All three, Josie, Christina and Katia share a love hate relationship with each other. Since Josie and her mother Christina live together and Christina is a single parent, they support each other and blither like best friends.On the other hand, with Katia, she is very distant with Christina because of the secret behind Christinas true identity. At the start of the book, Katia & Josie practically hate each other, but as the story progresses, they bond and grow a stronger relationship. With this relationship, Josie uncovers the truth of why Francesco could never act as a real father to Christina and why Francesco had so much hatred and kicked her out at sixteen. Towards the end of the book, the three find out how common alike they are with each other, they gain a mutual bond and there relationship grows stronger as they grow fonder of each other.The relationship between Nonna Katia, Nonno Francesco & Marcus Sanford has a huge impact on how things turned out for Christina and Josie, and the relationship they share with Katia. Katia and Francesco had a very one sided relationship. When Francesco goes off to work, Nonna meets a Marcus whilst she has an emotional breakdown. Marcus comforts her, and this starts their relationship. Their relationship would grow, and they would grow fonder and fonder of each other as while passes.When Katia was with Marcus she states she felt dearest, and this was the only time she ever felt love which was never shown to her by Francesco. With this lovemakingate relationship, it led to Katia and Marcus making love, and therefore having Christina. Marcus gave Katia what Francesco could not give her, love, passion and a child. Josie and Michael Andretti started off with a washed-out relationship it grew stronger & stronger as they got to know each other. At first they did not want anything to do with each other, but as time went on their views changed.Michael then turned into a father figure and finally acted as a father towards Josie. Michael helps Josie get through a lot of her problems, like a possible court case, having heart to heart talks to express feelings & just being there for her. Josie and Jacob their relationship changed each others points of views, made each others perspectives broaden. It made each others outlook change towards the way they see their lives & futures. They teach other that social class doesnt mean everything and that they an choose their own destiny, and defy whatever barriers hold them back.Looking for AlibrandiTuesday, October 30, 2012 Looking for Alibrandi By Melina Marchette Looking for Alibrandi is the story of Josie Alibrandis experiences at school, and her relationships with friends and family during her last year at St Marthas girls school. This is the year her father comes back into her life, the year she falls in love and discovers the secrets of her familys past. Josie tells us the story of her struggles with her Italian-Australian identity and the highs and lows of teenage life.Its the story of a young girl who feels she doesnt belong. She learns to cope with these feelings of insecurity and learns that everyone has similar feelings at different times. 1. Josie must learn to deal with a whole range of issues. How and why does Josie change? In Melina Marchettas novel, Looking for Alibrandi, Josie confronts and resolves a number of problems she has in her life. Josies attitudes towards her family and friends alter as she learns more about them and tries to understand them.Ultimately, Josie is not the same girl at the end of the novel as she was at the beginning. 2. Josie has conflicting feelings towards Jacob. Expl ain. Josie has conflicting feelings towards Jacob. I mountt know if hes my type. Josie is still initially stuck on John. It is not until after his death that she realises her real feelings for Jacob. 3. Josies transformation from school girl to young adult is the result of major events in her personal and school life.Indeed, without these influences, Josie heightened understanding of herself and others would never have occurred. In reflecting on these experiences and understanding, how do these transformations impact her life? (This question is fit for conclusion 2 sentences) Josies transformation from schoolgirl to young adult is the result of a number of major events in her personal and school life. Indeed, without these influences, Josies heightened understanding of herself and others would never have occurred.In reflecting on these experiences and understanding their impact on her life, Josies transformation is complete. 4. Josie says, Im not going to be trapped like them. Do es Josie seem trapped or cursed? 5. Look for examples of tradition in the family and school. In the novel, Looking for Alibrandi, Melinda Marchetta explores how Josie is initially embarrassed about being Italian but throughout the text she becomes proud of her Italian heritage.She finds Tomato Day suffocating labelling it Nation Wog day as she wonders, How many other poor unfortunates our age were doing the same? She also says, This might be where I come from, but do I really belong here? This but changes through hearing Katias story and realising the importance of her heritage. 6. Why does Josie react strongly to other characters referring to her ethnicity or using the countersign wog, even though she uses the word and is sometimes critical of her Italian heritage? 7.How does Michael Andretti appear to be adapting to his role as a father? Josie initially resents her father but comes to love and lever Michael and accept him in her life. Stop being polite, youre making me puke. Be angry or rude but dont you pretend Im not here. Josie rejects Michael at first, but then starts to warm to him. Ill ring my father hes a barrister. 8. What impressions of Josies family do you form? What reasons does she have for wanting to burst out of family life? Do you sympathize with her feelings?Looking for AlibrandiLooking for Alibrandi is a novel written by Melina Marchetta. It is about a young female named Josephine Alibrandi. This book is about Josephines journey in search of her identity, and her relationships around her. It shows how her views are depicted and how her views change throughout the course of the novel. This novel portrays the use and abuse of power and its effects on individuals in society. These powers include the powers of freedom, education, legal, psychological, cultural, pressure, parental, empowerment, personal choice and relationships.All these powers make a huge impact throughout the course of the novel, whether they or negative or positive pow ers. The power of freedom, with the theme of destiny is a power present throughout the whole novel. This power plays positively through the novel. Josie believes that a person can chose their destiny and create their own path of life. She believes that no matter who you are, you can prevail over anything that is holding you back and that you can defy the stars and create your own destiny.In the novel Josie mentions were masters of our own destiny which highlights the power of freedom, and having a choice in where your life is heading. On the other hand, the power of freedom ties in with the power of culture. The power of culture plays a negative path of the story in Looking for Alibrandi. The power of culture intertwines with the themes of racism and multiculturalism. Josies culture, being of Italian descent, holds her back in the course of the novel. As Josephine is an ethnic girl, it holds her back from being the person she wants to be, and the things she wants to achieve.Her cul ture is a wall seperating her from who she is right now, and she wants to be. As an ethnic, she is looked down in society, and it makes her life more difficult. In the novel, Josie states no matter how smart I am or how much I achieve, I am always going to be a little ethnic from Glebe, as far as these people are concerned. This statement clarifies her struggle of being an ethnic in the Australian society. The power of education is a power used positively in the book. With the power of education and Josies intelligence, she earns a scholarship at a ich, high class school. This power is used positively as Josies family is of the working class society, and they are inefficient to afford fees at St Marthas but with the help of her scholarship, allows her to enter the school. Whilst attending this school Josie gets a taste of real life experiences within a heterogeneous society. Josie then receives a broader perspective on the views of how she sees other people, and how they depict her. The psychological powers in the book are abused both negatively and positively.First of all, psychological powers are used negatively when Nonno Francesco forces Nonna Katia to stay with him because of Katias secret with Marcus Sanford. Francesco uses these occurrences to his advantage and blackmails Katia to stay with him, so that he is not looked down upon in bewilder by his family if Katia were to leave him. In contrast, the use of psychological powers is also used in a positive aspect. Josies search for her identity uses psychological power. As Josie learns more about herself and her family, she finds out many things that help her to become the person she was longing to be and to uncover her true identity.Josies positive use of psychological powers in using it to find her true self, has helped her understand the concepts of life and broaden he horizons towards her views on life altogether. Whilst finding her identity, Josie quotes Ill run one day. reap for my life. To be free and think for myself. Not as an Australian and not as a not as an Italian and not as in between. Ill run to be emancipated. This statement shows how Josie views herself, and that she just wants to be her own person and uncover her true identity. Parental power is used in the negatively in this novel.It shows how people in society pressure their children, and do not let them choose to be the person they want to be. An example of this is John Barton. He receives a lack of freedom, not only this, but great amounts of pressure are laid upon him to follow the family footsteps. Even though he had everything anyone ever needed, its not what John wanted. When expressing himself to Josie, John states Ive always had to be the best because its expected of me. With this quote, you could feel the pressure laid upon John, to be who his parents want him to be. This leads to the path of personal choice.Personal choice is connected to parental power, empowerment and relationships. The power o f personal choice is used negatively an example of this negative use is John Bartons choice to commit suicide. With all the weight put upon John, and the pressure he received from his family, he was confused and did not know what to do. With his weak relationship with his family, and having too much power, he felt he had no other choice to rid of all these pressures, but to revert to suicide. John believed that suicide would solve all his problems and he would be set free of everything laid upon him, and that he would receive complete emancipation.A positive power did arise from Johns personal choice of suicide. This was the power of empowerment. Johns death impacted the other characters positively. Johns death empowered the other characters it made the other characters, like Josie and Ivy think thoroughly about where they were in life, and where there lives were heading. It provided determination for the characters to pursue themselves to be who they want to be. It had motivated th e characters to be strong, to talk and interact with each other and express what they each felt.This incident made everyone bond, and everyones relationships strengthened through the experience. End here, and add conclusion if not exuberant time The power of relationships is the strongest power in the novel. It is one of the only powers present throughout the entire novel. There are many relationships in the novel, one being with the women of the Alibrandi family. All three, Josie, Christina and Katia share a love hate relationship with each other. Since Josie and her mother Christina live together and Christina is a single parent, they support each other and talk like best friends.On the other hand, with Katia, she is very distant with Christina because of the secret behind Christinas true identity. At the start of the book, Katia & Josie practically hate each other, but as the story progresses, they bond and grow a stronger relationship. With this relationship, Josie uncovers the truth of why Francesco could never act as a real father to Christina and why Francesco had so much hatred and kicked her out at sixteen. Towards the end of the book, the three find out how common alike they are with each other, they gain a mutual bond and there relationship grows stronger as they grow fonder of each other.The relationship between Nonna Katia, Nonno Francesco & Marcus Sanford has a huge impact on how things turned out for Christina and Josie, and the relationship they share with Katia. Katia and Francesco had a very one sided relationship. When Francesco goes off to work, Nonna meets a Marcus whilst she has an emotional breakdown. Marcus comforts her, and this starts their relationship. Their relationship would grow, and they would grow fonder and fonder of each other as time passes.When Katia was with Marcus she states she felt passion, and this was the only time she ever felt love which was never shown to her by Francesco. With this passionate relationship, it led to Katia and Marcus making love, and therefore having Christina. Marcus gave Katia what Francesco could not give her, love, passion and a child. Josie and Michael Andretti started off with a weak relationship it grew stronger & stronger as they got to know each other. At first they did not want anything to do with each other, but as time went on their views changed.Michael then turned into a father figure and finally acted as a father towards Josie. Michael helps Josie get through a lot of her problems, like a possible court case, having heart to heart talks to express feelings & just being there for her. Josie and Jacob their relationship changed each others points of views, made each others perspectives broaden. It made each others outlook change towards the way they see their lives & futures. They teach other that social class doesnt mean everything and that they an choose their own destiny, and defy whatever barriers hold them back.