Compare And Contrast Looking For Alibrandi

The protagonists in both stories and how the narrator and other characters describe them are very much

differences in the creation of the stories. They are really similar in ways. The differences and the

“I’ll run one day. Run for my life. To be free and think of myself. Not as an Australian and as an Italian and not as an in between. I’ll run to be emancipated.” Discuss.

‘Looking for Alibrandi’ written by Lina Marchetta, involves talking about how Josephine Alibrandi is the child of a single mother, Australian, female and being Italian which affects Josephine in all these points. Lina Marchetta portrays Josephine to be struggling with all these issues in her life and how she manages to overcome them.

One major similarity I found, was how they both spoke of a major incidence with the forces of nature, now although they forces were different, they both still spoke about it and how it slowed them down. The book spoke of how there was a large desert area and how they dust was ankle deep and always blowing making it very difficult to see and work, as well as making everything and every one filthy will all the dust and dirt. Similar to how the first hand account spoke about a rainy period in the building process how it was rainy and mucky making it hard to see and work As well as ruining the railroad. They also both had many die from these terrible conditions.

While I was reading the book looking for Alibrandi I realize that it fits in to everyday life specially people that is from other countries or boys or girls that there background is from other countries. Looking for Alibrandi is about a girl that lives in Glebe, a suburb just outside the city centre of Sydney called Josephina which comes from an Italian background her mother Christina slept with the next door neighbour son which became an accident and Josephina came to life. Christina is a secretary and translator for a few doctors in Leichhardt. Josephina which is called Josie also has a grandma called nonna.

To start, one of the similarities that both storie posses is that the main character/ narrator has their

Both stories also explore change when given the chance. Both sets of characters took the opportunity. But the stories differ in the ending. One passes away while the other while breaks tradition, with friendship.

Throughout one’s life, it’s literally stress failure and loss which many of us can overcome but it also. Defines them as a person and a human being/individual. There’s no wonder, therefore. Numerous authors, screenwriters and poets have therefore chosen relationships as a focus for their texts. The novel and film of Looking for Alibrandi, written by Melina Marchetta and directed by Kate Woods respectively, Are two texts mainly focus on relationships as core components driving the plot. Good morning/afternoon Mr Appleton and fellow class mates students of saint Laurence’s Collage I would like to thank you for inviting me here to deliver my option on looking for Alibrandi. This analyse is the relationship between Josephine Alibrandi and Katia

Even though these two stories have similar aspects, their themes contrast too as they learn different lessons besides the main theme. . Both stories have similar plots, protagonists, resolutions, and most importantly, themes. One similarity that

The passage from the story The Count of Monte Cristo and a scene from the play Blessings both have similarities and differences about how the two authors who wrote these stories developed the themes in each text. The stories are similar in how the two authors developed the themes in each text are that both of the stories have an important reason so since the stories have big conflicts

Just like “Twilight,” “The Italian’ also communicates the anxieties of women the late 18th to early 20th Century, where middle class women’s homes were becoming uncomfortably like a castle or a prison, with constraints on their education and social developments. This is shown in the way female characters always end up trapped within gothic text. When Ellena is kidnapped, even though she faints, it is described differently: ‘All consciousness had now forsaken her’ (Radcliffe, 61). Also when she is taken to the house of Spalatro, she faints, but the words in the narrative say that ‘horror chilled all her frame, and her senses forsook her’ (Radcliffe, 211). Ellena is always thrust back into the middle of peril whenever she seems to reach safety. Ellena is able to remain pure yet strong despite what happens to her; she keeps the Marchesa cleverly controlling, while fearful of her husband finding out her plans. This slightly takes away from the stereotypical damsel in distress, making her seem less weaker than usual. She does not tremble with and fear and does not cry at every misfortune very often but she is also, always, saved and protected creating the role in simultaneously restricting women and providing them power. The Sublime also contributes to the mystery: obscure sounds, unexplainable events and dark figures distress and create anxieties within the characters.

The narrators in the stories have similarities,. For instance they are both boys, and they also have big personalities. But there are differences with their stories, one of the boys in the story is in agonizing pain in his joints. The boy in the other story is not in pain, he is worried about his father.

Although there are many similarities, the differences between the two books are important. In the case of Ramona, she needs to ask her mother every time she want to go out, and in the case of Manolito, he can hang out with his friends all the time. The reader can interpret this as the personalities of both characters, Ramona being a shy and respectful girl and Manolito being an extrovert and outgoing kid. Also the cultural environmental relationship between places and the location in when they live.

The two stories share a topic concerning women’s freedom. The texts are conveying the lack of freedom women had in those times. The theme that is used to argue for the topic is a women’s station in a marriage institution. The texts argued through different ways how a woman has no say or identity in a marriage. Both texts also conveyed a woman who was dealing with some sort of health issue. This gave a weak characteristic to the main character in each text. These points will be accompanied with detailed examples in order to back up my statements.