Brief Summary Of The Book 'Looking For Alibrandi'

Culture highly shapes the identity of characters in ‘Looking for Alibrandi’. Josephine Alibrandi is Italian with a bit of Aussie in her, her mum (Katia Alibrandi) and her Grandmother (Katia Alibrandi) also Italian. Jose struggles are school and doesn’t fit into many groups for two reasons, she has a traditional Grandmother and her Italian background is avoided by other backgrounds. Christina and Katia live together with Jose, Katia gets along with Jose’s dad (Michael Andretti) unlike Christina, Michael turns up to family events even though he doesn’t talk to his ex-wife and daughter but that soon will change, we will now discuss the ways that culture has an effect on the characters in ‘Looking for Alibrandi’, focusing around Josephine, Christina

Based on the novel by Melina Marcetta and directed by Kate Woods, the film “Looking for Alibrandi” highlights the importance of the personal search for identity and sense of belonging. The film explores the story of Josephine Alibrandi, who struggles to discover her true identity as she is unable to relate to her Italian heritage but also does not feel like she fits in with her Australian friends either. Coming from none – Australian background, it was impossible for me to not relate to her situation. One technique that Woods used to convey this theme is voice–over narration, as used at the beginning of the play, during the national Italian festival “The Tomato Day”: "You may think this is all quirky and cute but I actually find it really embarrassing".

Jhumpa Lahiri is an author who has been dubbed as a completely unique writer with her own style, as her collection of short stories in her novel Interpreter of Maladies, allows readers to feel sympathetic for the characters in her complex yet relatable storylines. The overarching theme behind her stories is how people experience the twists and turns of life, as they are faced with countless hardships, whether it is immigration issues, spouse issues, or people just trying to search for happiness. However, each character in the different storylines all have such diverse backgrounds that readers may feel sympathetic to a variety of Jhumpa Lahiri’s characters. One character that stands out from the rest is Boori Ma, written in the story of “A Real

Many writers explore the notion that cultural differences may inflict feelings of disconnection for their central characters. This is shown in the two texts ‘Neighbours’ and ‘Migrant Woman on a Melbourne Tram’, as both protagonists struggle to cope with their newly exposed environment. Despite this, we learn that it can be resolved through the acceptance of one another, yet others may remain to dissociate themselves from society.

After figuring out that being Italian and Australian doesn’t matter, she reassures herself, Jacob says ‘You people should go back to your own country if you’re so confused.’ Josie responds ‘‘This is my country,’ I whispered.’ (The fact that she whispers demonstrates her shock and also her lack of conviction that she truly belongs which shows us that she has accepted her culture and heritage.) Therefore I have learnt that change can show us things that we’ve never seen before and with change, we learn to accept things for the better.

This intertwines with the idea of Australia, being the child, being influenced by America, who is the mother, giving Australia these Americanized traits which led to the character traits of a person to become

‘Looking for Alibrandi’ “Looking for Alibrandi” demonstrates a realistic representation of youth identity and the factors effecting adolescence. Josie faces issues that an adolescent teen would, struggling to cope with teenage existence. She lives with her single mother and attends a prestigious private school, where her snobbish classmates mock her Sicilian heritage. She contends with the dramas of teen romance, divided between John and Jacob.

How does the culture of the characters influence their identities, the ways in which they change, and their interactions with others? In the story Mr. Calloway committed a crime in the United States of America. He ran away with his dog. Since he ran away he really didn't speak to many people.

Looking for Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta is about a 17 year old young girl called Josephine “Josie” Alibrandi who is in her final year of school at a wealthy Catholic school. Josie is Italian and Illegitimate, throughout the novel she finds faces some challenges such as finding out most of her family secrets and her father coming back into her life. Looking for Alibrandi deals with many themes such as family and relationships, secret and lies and emancipation. These themes are expressed through the use of literary techniques such as first person narration, dialogue and characterisation.

This view shows the shift from a fairly negative to positive attitude that migrant in the 21st century experiences and the changing relationships that the present migrant in Australia holds compared to a past migrant. The chance to express individuality is another form of the changing attitudes of the migrant experience in Australia. Fatima shows that here she is able to freely express herself and her opinions and is glad that she has left “Hell”; her country of origin (Pakistan) and a metaphor for a place that is torturous and evil. Referring back to “Migrant Woman on a Melbourne Tram”, the migrant revealed that her culture is different by wearing clothing that is unusual to the typical Australian woman. This established alienation and distance between her and the Australian people.

Looking for Alibrandi by Melina Machetta is about a seventeen year old girl named Josephine “Josie” Alibrandi who was raised without a father. Josie believed that her mother was the only person she needed in her life, until she came face to face with her father Michael Andretti and fell in love with Jacob Coote. Melina Marchetta uses the literary techniques of first person narration, dialogue and characterisation to explore the idea of Josie struggling to find her identity.

In the memoir ‘Pointing North’, Paolo Totaro finds that despite having barely any memories of Italy and having spent most of her life in Australia, “fitting in” is not easy. Paolo Totaro pointed out that many of her hardships originated in the schoolyard – “They too figured it was too hard to pronounce, so Greasy Wog became my moniker.” She noticed that throughout her child, many people overlooked her feelings and simply labelled her as a “hysterical Italian”. Paolo stated that she doesn’t “remember any other non-Aussie kids at school” and wondered whether she would have felt as if she belonged if she were not the only foreigner. She found that as others treated her as an outsider, she clung

In An Unnecessary Woman we are introduced to Aaliya, a Lebanese, 72-year-old woman. Aaliya lives isolated in an apartment that she used to share with her ex-husband, in Beirut. She used to work at a bookstore, but after the Lebanese Civil War she stayed home and immersed herself in books. Aaliya translates French and English books into Arabic, but nobody actually reads them. Instead, she likes to stack the translations into boxes and store them away when she’s finished. Throughout the novel, Aaliya narrates her story while contemplating which novel she is going to translate. Aaliya has a unique way of storytelling. She describes the events of the Lebanese Civil War and her experiences with family and friends in short stories she remembers.

The song “Ross Capicchioni” by Joyner Lucas can be a prime example of a literary piece because of its plot, multi perspectives, and tone throughout the song. Manipulating words so that it could fit into different rhyming schemes to set a specific tone has added a dramatic and poetic effect on literary writings. A good plot is one of, if not the most critical part of a literary piece because it keeps a reader, viewer or listener interested in the piece. Lastly, the multi perspectives of the piece makes it literary because of the ability to imagine and “bring to life” both points of views are rare in writings, songs and poems.

The major theme of the novel 'Search for identity', like national identity, identity of selfhood and identity of womanhood, for the protagonist has become difficult because of her role as a victim of colonial forces. She has been colonized by men in the patriarchal society in which she grew up. Initially, the narrator of the story returns to the undeveloped island that she grew up on to search for her missing father in that process she unmasks the inconsistencies in both her personal life and her patriarchal society. The unnamed narrator of Surfacing comes back to her home in Northern Quebec after a gap of nine years in search of her father, who is reported missing mysteriously. The protagonist is working as a commercial artist. The reason for the deliberate separation from her parents is that the narrator was in love with her teacher, who exploited her innocence. Against her wishes, he got the pregnancy terminated. Unable to cope with this painful reality she gave her parents a different version. She wrote a postcard and informed them that she was married, had a child and lost him to the husband whom she