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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Marchetta is the relationship between the main character Josie and her father Michael Andretti. This relationship is important because it helped me to understand how the characters coped with change. As the relationship between father and daughter develops I could understand both of these characters better. This relationship is important because it helps Josie to grow up and cope with change. An example of where I see this importance is when Josie has her second encounter with Michael Andretti “I never
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different reactions to tradition‚ and expectations through John and Josie. John’s reaction to tradition‚ is that he can’t escape tradition‚ and he feels that he “always had to be the best‚ because it’s expected of me” (Looking for Alibrandi Marchetta. M‚ 1992 page 45) While‚ Josie knows she can change tradition‚ and actively tries not to end up
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love‚ rites of passage and coping with death and encrypts these themes beautifully and expresses them with emotion and thought. One of the biggest themes of Looking for Alibrandi is multiculturalism‚ as Josie struggles to find her personal and cultural identity. At the beginning of the book Josie resents having an Italian background‚ because at school there is the difficulty and prejudice of being a second generation Australian with an Italian background. She experiences a feeling of being different
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self-acceptance. Throughout the novel Josie transformed‚ from her feeling isolated and rejected from society to her realizing that she only needed the acceptance of herself. The contrast between ‘old’ and ‘new’ Josie is easily noticeable. ‘Old’ Josie described herself as feeling “disadvantaged from the beginning” and thought one of the many things that held her back from society was being illegitimate. The emotive word ‘bastard’ got directed towards Josie many times which made her feel alone yet
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uses many techniques to help you understand the main character‚ Josie. Some of these techniques are internal dialogue and voice-over narration‚ day-dream sequences and colour enhancement. All these techniques help viewers to have a better understanding of Josie’s character. The first technique that Woods uses that is very effective appears in an important part of the movie. Internal dialogue is used so that we can hear how Josie is feeling about the things she is going through. An example of this
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After following Vincent to Michele’s house‚ Josie storms in the house and up the stairs to take her baby back. She is met on the stairs by Vincent who grabs her to stop her from taking the baby. When he grabs her Josie immediately tells him to let her go‚ which he eventually does‚ but soon after Vincent practically breaks down on the stairs. Generally‚ when watching men play their
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Marchetti. A 17 year old named Josie Alibrandi played by Pia Miranda‚ tells the story of her life through her point of view‚ being an Italian living in Australia. There were several themes through the movie including romance‚ family and tradition. There were many techniques used to emphasise the themes including motifs‚ music and settings‚ which showed really well of what the character was thinking or feeling. I find that the most effective technique was music. Josie uses music to show that she
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change and new ways of thinking. Throughout her journey‚ her family influences her way of thinking. She grows and learns through family and structure‚ accepting her Italian heritage and family members. Family shows who she is‚ and by accepting that‚ Josie is able to live freely to the life she dreamed of‚ although not in the way she originally expected. Throughout the book‚ family influences Josephine to reach her goal of emancipation‚ creating a connected family and a liberated perspective on life
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Initially Josie hates having to spend time with her grandmother‚ until the scene ‘The Baby Would Stop The Curse.’ This scene builds on the changing relationship between Josie and Nona. The scene begins with the diegetic crashing sound of one of Nona Katia’s photo albums falling to the floor. As Josie walks into the room a high angle shot shows Nona Katia scraping up the photos‚ with an overhead shot of a photograph of Marcus Sandford‚ who turns out to be one of Nona Katia’s lovers. When Josie asks who
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