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    is epitomised within Kate Woods‚ ‘Looking for Alibrandi’ film and further developed within Peter Skrzynecki’s poems Feliks Skryznecki and St Patricks College.

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    Change is to make something become different which affects all aspects of life. People are forced to change because of different circumstances. Looking for Alibrandi by Melina Merchetta and Remember the Titans by Boaz Yakin both show change through different circumstances. Through the different situations in both the movie and the novel‚ it shows that change is forced upon you‚ and some changes are good and some are bad‚ its just the way you look at the alteration. Change can alter peoples choices

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    Good afternoon’s teachers and my peers‚ today I would like to give my speech about how education leads to a successful life. I am going to discuss three main points in my speech that are; education provides a better quality of life‚ it expand people mind and helps people to learn values and morals. Firstly education provides better quality of life because it helps people to become successful and smart people by giving knowledge and ideas.Education is key to get good job. It will guide through

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    people make throughout their lives. Belonging can also allow for people to form positive connections; however there are also many barriers to belonging. Some of these barriers are explored in peter Skrzynecki’s poem “Ancestors”. The poem shows Skrzynecki’s failure to comprehend his own cultural identity. Skrzynecki uses the idea of ancestors and ghosts to show familial‚ cultural and historical belonging. In “Ancestors” the narrator experiences a disconnection and lack of belonging to his polish heritage

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    connections people make within their world. Belonging can cause individuals to form positive connections with many aspects of our world‚ but in accordance with this there are many barriers to belonging‚ seen through the poem ‘Ancestors’ which shows Peter Skrzynecki’s failure to comprehend his cultural identity. Neglecting the commitment of one’s cultural identity forfeits one’s ability to accept themselves and thus belong in themselves. The protagonist in ‘Ancestors’ experiences confusion as he has

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    Looking for Alibrandi Essay A good book leaves us thinking with things to say‚ and Looking for Alibrandi is a good example of one of those books. It captures the exact thoughts of a seventeen year old girl‚ stressed out from her upcoming HSC exams as well as the problems going on in her social life. Melina Marchetta engages us in the themes of multiculturalism‚ love‚ rites of passage and coping with death and encrypts these themes beautifully and expresses them with emotion and thought. One

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    Emma Sherratt Looking for Alibrandi – Essay Adaptation is something that happens and it can’t be stopped. It can either conclude in a negative or positive way. Some people can’t handle the adjustment and they can suffer severe consequences. Others can handle the adjustment and they achieve a personal growth within themselves. In the compelling novel ‘Looking for Alibrandi’ written by Melina Marchetta‚ Josephine Alibrandi is a typical immature teenager‚ struggling to deal with the responsibilities

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    Looking for Alibrandi is a novel written by Melina Marchetta. It is about a young female named Josephine Alibrandi. This book is about Josephine’s 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

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    run to be emancipated.” Discuss. Looking into the distance‚ an athlete runner can see the finishing line. However what stands before them are many hurdles one will have to jump over to reach the end. Comparing this analogy to an individual’s life‚ these hurdles are like the various challenges that one will have to overcome to cross their finishing line‚ and in order to come first‚ one will have to run. Melina Marchetta has written a novel‚ Looking for Alibrandi (LFA)‚ which portrays the events that

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    10 Mary Street For nineteen years We departed  Each morning‚ shut the house Like a well-oiled lock‚ Hit the key Under a rusty bucket: To school and work -  Over that still too-narrow bridge‚ Around the factory  That was always burning down. Back at 5p.m. From the polite hum-drum Of washing clothes  And laying sewerage pipes‚ My parents watered  Plants - grew potatoes And rows of sweet corn: Tended roses and camellias  Like adopted children  Home from school earlier I’d ravage

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