Looking for Alibrandi - How the Relationships with Parents Can Have a Significant Impact Ion Our Life
In the book "Looking for Alibrandi"by Melinda Marchetta, Josephine Alibrandi's life is influenced by her mother Christina,her father Michael, while Christina's life is influenced by the grandma Katia. Josie's attitudes and way of thinking changes by the influence that her parents have on her. Josie is not the same girl at the end of book as she was at the beginning.
"How dare you think that I want to be in your life! I don't want you anywhere near us, especially my mother" (Josie to Michael- page 69). These are just some of the many words Josie spat out at Michael in one of their many arguments. From that point on she, Josie, is forcing herself to hate Michael for what he had done to her mother But as the book progresses Josie finds herself actually starting to bond with her father and he ended up having positive influences on Josie's career which led her to choosing to become a barrister. They fight because Josie used to get teased about not having a father. This built up her anger towards him.
The second person and family member to have an influence on Josie's life was her mother Christina. Because Christina is Josie's mother, she probably has the most influence on her daughters life. At one point in the book Josie and Christina start fighting because Christina says that she would have been in a job of pottery if Josie wasn't born, because that is one of her many passions, but Josie takes this the wrong way and it changes and impacts her relationship with her mother by josie feeling that her mother could be doing what she loved and not be shammed by the Italian community if Josie was aborted. But the Influence extends towards the grandma, Katia when Josie starts to rebel. She rebels because her grandmother is saying that their "line" (family line) is cursed which makes Josie want to rebel and start dating people who she knows the Italian community and her family wouldn't approve of her dating because Josie feels that she could break the "curse". This
"How dare you think that I want to be in your life! I don't want you anywhere near us, especially my mother" (Josie to Michael- page 69). These are just some of the many words Josie spat out at Michael in one of their many arguments. From that point on she, Josie, is forcing herself to hate Michael for what he had done to her mother But as the book progresses Josie finds herself actually starting to bond with her father and he ended up having positive influences on Josie's career which led her to choosing to become a barrister. They fight because Josie used to get teased about not having a father. This built up her anger towards him.
The second person and family member to have an influence on Josie's life was her mother Christina. Because Christina is Josie's mother, she probably has the most influence on her daughters life. At one point in the book Josie and Christina start fighting because Christina says that she would have been in a job of pottery if Josie wasn't born, because that is one of her many passions, but Josie takes this the wrong way and it changes and impacts her relationship with her mother by josie feeling that her mother could be doing what she loved and not be shammed by the Italian community if Josie was aborted. But the Influence extends towards the grandma, Katia when Josie starts to rebel. She rebels because her grandmother is saying that their "line" (family line) is cursed which makes Josie want to rebel and start dating people who she knows the Italian community and her family wouldn't approve of her dating because Josie feels that she could break the "curse". This