The Secrets of Nonna Bannister was a great book that showed the horrors of the Holocaust in a new way. The depiction of what she went through was absolutely astonishing. She had to live through many of her family members being killed throughout the holocaust. The entire story is magnificent. She started as a little girl in Ukraine. The Germans occupied the country and took her mother along with her. They packed them in a tight car and some could barely breath. They stopped a few times and
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in her life as she is illegitimate and has no father. Most afternoons Josie has to visit her Nonna (Katia) and they have a strange relationship; Josie says she hates her as she (Katia) is always putting down Christina‚ ‘I hated her because she never had anything nice to say about mama. I hated her because she never let my mother forget the past’‚ but when Josie learns about the truth she describes Katia as one of the strongest people she knows. Josie says ‘I am loved by the 2 bravest people in the
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about the changing perspectives of the characters. Protagonist‚ Josephine Alibrandi experiences changing perspectives of herself and others‚ in particular Nonna and Michael. Josie’s changing perspective of Nonna has multiple positive outcomes; Josie learns to respect and accept her family and racial background. Josie first thinks of Nonna as an over protective‚ egocentric grandmother who is only worried about herself and what people think of her‚ she got on her nerves and hated her butting
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of Josephine Alibrandi‚ Katia Alibrandi and Poison Ivy/ Carly in both texts‚ the audience are able to identify the likeness and contrasts among the film and novel. Firstly‚ one of the characters that represents the similarities and differences between the two texts is the narrator of the story‚ Josephine Alibrandi or Josie. The stubborn Italian teenager shares multiple similarities within both texts. One of these similarities is her relationship
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Josephine is influenced by the people around her‚ changing the way she sees herself and others. Determined to break free‚ she is faced with many difficult changes throughout the year. The changes impacted on her life and many other characters such as Nonna Katia‚ Michael Andretti‚ Jacob Coote and Poison Ivy. Each character builds a stronger relationship with Josie and discovers their true identities. Josephine changes her attitude and the way she acts‚ finally realizing where she belongs. Josephine changes
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he wanted and he made sure that no one was hurt more than necessary when he achieved it. Josephine Alibrandi discovers her identity after many developments in her life‚ many of which include Jacob Coote‚ John Barton and Katia Alibrandi. Katia Alibrandi‚ Josie’s grandmother‚ (nonna) has experienced a lot in her time but still needs Josie’s help to let go of her past. Jacob Coote went along with what everyone expected of him until he met Josie. She helps him to reopen the door to his journey of identity
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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 Christina’s true identity. At the start of the book‚ Katia & Josie practically hate each other‚ but as the story progresses‚ they bond and
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At the start of "Looking for Alibrandi"‚ by Melina Marchetta we are introduced to a seventeen year old girl by the name of Josephine "Josie" Alibrandi‚ who is in her last year of high school. By the end of the book it is made obvious that Josephine has gone through many dramatic and important changes‚ including achieving her emancipation‚ discovering her family secret‚ accepting her culture‚ and meeting‚ and having a relationship with her father‚ Michael Andretti. All of these changes‚ and others
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Alibrandi is a selfish and egotistical girl whose internal angst and whose conflict with others all stemmed from her expectations that others should conform to meet her needs. This can be seen in her interactions with her close family members Christina‚ Nonna and Michael. She also selfish towards her friends John and Jacob. Josie and her mothers relationship is rocky‚ this is shown when Josie attacks her mothers desires to go out on a date. Josie was constantly reminded of her mother’s failures and sacrifices
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Josephine’s attitude changes towards her Nonna from originally hating her at the beginning to admiring Nonna Katia’s life experiences and the strength shown through her life. Josephine goes to her Nonna’s every afternoon after school and constantly complains to her mother about her Nonna‚ Pg 16 “she drives me crazy. She’s starting to tell me all those boring Sicily stories. If she tells me one more time she was beautiful I’ll puke”. We see how Josephine’s Nonna really gets onto her nerves and wits end
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