Examples Of Josie's Relationship In Looking For Alibrandi

There are multiple problems that are currently affecting the Gallagher family system. Frank has been an unreliable parent to the children since Fiona’s birth. Frank is currently trying to insert himself back into the family’s life; yet, the children are not fond of this change. Fiona recently became her sibling’s legal guardian. Fiona’s guardianship has lead to a change in roles within the family that her siblings are struggling to adjust to. Fiona is struggling with her role and when she should act as if a parent and when to act as a sister.

One’s identity is about understanding themselves and knowing what they want in life. Jacob Coote had everything planned out in his life, that was before Josie entered his life. “Because I’m fooling myself, I used to be proud of not getting high marks. ‘who cares?’ I used to say. Because I’m going to be a mechanic, I didn’t care what marks I got. But ever since you, it’s got to me…” (p.g.249) Jacob was portrayed as a character who lived his lief freely. It was until Josie influence him causing his to think twice about his future. Jacob not being an Italian descent has less stress placed on him. He did not care about what people thought about him, and this is seen clearly through his carefree lifestyle. Through the use of rhetorical question “Who cares?”, she was able to display the true thoughts and emotions of the character. To show how much Jacob has grown because of a different cultural belief, through Josie, and to incorporate the reader’s empathy towards him. John was always on a run in his life. It was Josie who pulled him

Josephine Alibrandi, a Catholic girl, narrates the novel in her final year of High school. She attends St Martha's, a wealthy catholic school in Sydney's eastern suburbs. Her academic scholarship ensures her place at the school as she is not as well off as the population of largely wealthy Anglo-Celtic girls that attend the school. Her Italian origin has been the reason for much persecution toward her in her life. Her background against the monied origins of her peers also provides much source of angst for Josie.

Secondly Looking for Alibrandi explores the relationships between mother and daughters, fathers and daughters, grandmothers and grandchildren, relatives, girlfriends and boyfriends, and girls together in school. A blossoming relationship throughout the novel is between Josie and Jacob. Relationships can be a catalyst for change. They come from different worlds yet balance each other out in the best ways possible. A main concern explored throughout the novel is the difference between Jacob and Josie. Throughout the novel, individuals who play an important role in Josie’s life point out that Jacob isn’t her type. Both are shocked to find each other attractive, yet they both inspire each other. They both mutually understand there’s more than meets the eye. Jacob is special to Josie, they come from the same class and Josie learns to get rid of bias of identity with his help and better to answer the question of who she really is. This dynamic duo can relate to a lot of young individuals who are in committed relationships. Most individuals look down upon young lovers and become sceptical on how long the relationships would last. Not to mention the backlash Josie got from her peers about her relationships with Jacob. Not to mention Josie would never be able to introduce Jacob to her strict Italian grandmother. An issue a lot of young people face today as they would be shamed out of relationships. Due to their relatives not liking their significant

The relationships in Sal’s life have helped her realise more about her mother’s death. Sharon Creech’s motive for the theme “relationships impact and change people, “ is to characterise because this changed Sal into another person, and gave her different character traits on the way too. The theme of

Michael is a lawyer at one of the top chambers in Sydney, knowing that Josie wants to become a barrister he offers her a job to work with him at the chambers. Michael said to Josie, “You’re going to go on living. Living is the challenge. Dying is easy” when she was faced with the two hardest moments in her life, the death of John Barton and the abandonment of Jacob Coote. By comforting Josie, they both accept the relationship that has formed. Marchetta put the icing on the cake when Michael expresses his full commitment by wanting to adopt Josie, “I’d like you to be an Andretti”. Marchetta shows that a positive fatherhood figure is essential to shape their children’s attitudes and beliefs.

Annie Kinsella is Ray's beautiful wife who is extremely loving and caring. She remains optimistic as the family plunges into debt and she always supports Ray's dreams. Annie says, "It's so perfect here. Do whatever you have to, to keep it that way" (Kinsella 28). This quote supports how optimistic Annie is, and her support for Ray .

‘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.

Ivy: Another one of Melinda’s friends who stops talking to her for a while. They reconnect with each other through art and their distaste of Andy

‘Looking for Alibrandi’, by Melina Marchetta, is an enthralling story that is based around a 17 year old girl named Josephine Alibrandi. It is set in Sydney, in the 1990’s, and focuses on the life of Josie Alibrandi, and her constantly changing attitude towards her friends, relationships, school and growing up as an Italian teenager in the country of Australia. Throughout reading the novel, similarities and differences between myself and Josie became apparent.

After Clyde death Evelyn and her family members “didn’t have the money to afford nice clothes. Those white kids wouldn’t even have the time to talk to me. It seemed like they felt I was too poor to deal with”. Even now she still sees the separation between children. In a way Clyde’s death did have a great impact on Evelyn. Evelyn exclaimed that Clyde “took care of us. We had a home. We weren’t living in someone’s basement. I liked him because it meant security. I knew my mother and siblings didn’t like him because he was different. He had rules that we weren’t used to because my mother was always out working so we did whatever we wanted, so when he came along he tried setting some rules. I was sad when he died but I wasn’t sure if I was sad because he died or because it meant we lost everything. Even though my mother tried she really wasn’t able to support us. I became the big sibling that everyone came to for help even though I was the baby of the family which in a way is kind of sad.” Aguado didn’t have the perfect relationship with her siblings. They weren’t really around so she practically “grew up as a single

Even though Josie’s mom put her in danger; even though she stole all of Josie’s savings from her; even though she made her life miserable, this character, Jesse, always found a way to help Josie out and always looked out on the positive. And he stayed by her side until the very end. On page 335 Jesse says, “I win. You’re named after a madam. I’m named after a murderer.” Then Josie asks if he ever thought about changing his name, but he says, “No, because Jesse Thierry is who I am.” At this point in the story Josie realized that her life doesn’t have to be planned out for her by her mother. She has the freedom to do anything and go

Throughout the narrative, the author shows readers the loyalty of people present in the young woman’s life. Cahalan’s family, in particular, play an incredible role. Cahalan’s mother, father, and boyfriend are continually present, especially as Cahalan faces hardships. This loyalty is seen as Cahalan’s mother and father reunite in order to support the young woman, overcoming the

In the beginning of the novel, Marlena keeps her distance from Jacob, as she struggles to fight her feelings knowing she has taken vows to her current husband, August. Jacob and Marlena flirt around each other for a couple of chapters before finally submitting to their feelings, however, it is Marlena that instigates their relationship. In their intimate moments, Jacob is left feeling vulnerable after Marlena concedes him to say he loves her first,

Through conversations and images relating to the characters and relationships throughout the film, Watt suggests that forming supportive and meaningful relationships with others can help us cope with personal