Speech- Social & Cultural Diversity, Looking for Alibrandi & the Perks of Being a Wallflower
Speech- Social & Cultural Diversity
“The rich marry the rich, and the poor marry the poor. The dags marry the dags and the wogs marry the wogs… and we all end up where we started.” During the time of reading Looking for Alibrandi, I tried to pay attention to the main concepts of the book and what we are studying in class of social and cultural diversity. How does the statement “The rich marry the rich, and the poor marry the poor. The dags marry the dags and the wogs marry the wogs… and we all end up where we started.” relate to social and cultural diversity. Well firstly let me introduce myself. Good morning/afternoon classmates. For this assignment, I have decided to mainly focus on the social side of diversity rather than the cultural side. So how does the book Looking for Alibrandi compare to my chosen text, the movie The Perks of being a Wallflower. Well both these texts are oddly alike. They are both about young teenagers struggling to fit into society.
Looking for Alibrandi, written by Melina Marchetta, is about a 17 yr. old girl, Josephine Alibrandi or Josie, studying in her last year of school at St Martha’s, a wealthy catholic school. This already is one of Josie’s challenges run by social diversity, as she is on a scholarship from the school, compared to most of the other students who come from rich families who share the same social or cultural background. Josie’s Italian background mainly dominates her life, as she believes it is almost like a curse. Being raised by a single mum, with an interfering nonna and a dad that just comes into the picture after 17 years is tough on Josie. Becoming close with a friend and then losing him from the pressures of society ending in suicide. Having an interfering grandparent who finds out and knows about everything, so there is no privacy, makes life difficult for Josie ad she feels she has no privacy of freedom. By the end of the book, Josie finally accepts who she is, her culture, her family, the society
“The rich marry the rich, and the poor marry the poor. The dags marry the dags and the wogs marry the wogs… and we all end up where we started.” During the time of reading Looking for Alibrandi, I tried to pay attention to the main concepts of the book and what we are studying in class of social and cultural diversity. How does the statement “The rich marry the rich, and the poor marry the poor. The dags marry the dags and the wogs marry the wogs… and we all end up where we started.” relate to social and cultural diversity. Well firstly let me introduce myself. Good morning/afternoon classmates. For this assignment, I have decided to mainly focus on the social side of diversity rather than the cultural side. So how does the book Looking for Alibrandi compare to my chosen text, the movie The Perks of being a Wallflower. Well both these texts are oddly alike. They are both about young teenagers struggling to fit into society.
Looking for Alibrandi, written by Melina Marchetta, is about a 17 yr. old girl, Josephine Alibrandi or Josie, studying in her last year of school at St Martha’s, a wealthy catholic school. This already is one of Josie’s challenges run by social diversity, as she is on a scholarship from the school, compared to most of the other students who come from rich families who share the same social or cultural background. Josie’s Italian background mainly dominates her life, as she believes it is almost like a curse. Being raised by a single mum, with an interfering nonna and a dad that just comes into the picture after 17 years is tough on Josie. Becoming close with a friend and then losing him from the pressures of society ending in suicide. Having an interfering grandparent who finds out and knows about everything, so there is no privacy, makes life difficult for Josie ad she feels she has no privacy of freedom. By the end of the book, Josie finally accepts who she is, her culture, her family, the society