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Looking for Alibrandi - Emancipation

            
             In the novel "Looking for Alibrandi" Josie expresses her wish to be emancipated, to be free from cultural judgment and the boundaries of social class. By the end of the novel she realizes that she had been emancipated, not by one single event, but by her experiences throughout the entire year.
             Josie's relationships with her mother and nonna had changed dramatically by the end of the novel, this was because Josie had started to think of them as people, she had spoken to her nonna about when her nonna was seventeen and realized that her nonna had also wanted freedom. When Josie's mother begins to date Josie realizes just how small their seventeen year age difference was and her and her mother begin to understand each other better.
             By the end of the novel Josie had accepted her cultural background. At first Josie felt as if being an Italian was a burden and her family's traditions were an embarrassment, as she became more mature she began to see things differently. The quote "I am an Australian wits Italian blood flowing rapidly through my veins" shows that she became proud of her culture and heritage.
             During the novel Josie becomes involved with Jacob. She learns a lot about romantic relationships, there relationship does not last but Josie understands why it ended and learns from it. During their relationship Josie begins to realize that social differences were not keeping them apart, that it was the fact that neither knows where they were going. At the end of the novel they have broken up but Josie still loves him and hopes that they will be together again.
             Through the novel we see Josie's struggle to be emancipated, and by the end she was. She faced issues that caused her to look at what she was doing and because of her realization she became "free". At the start she acted immaturely but she learned a lot from her mistakes and began to grow up. "all of my life I have been worried about what people think all of a sudden I realized that I didn't care" she understands that that all people will criticize but the minute you stop caring you will become free.


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1. Looking For Alibrandi

Looking for Alibrandi Topic Area: Discovery Contents 1. ... Plot summary- Looking for Alibrandi Josephine is in her final year at school ( St Martha's girls" school). ... Josephine has achieved emancipation. "Looking for Alibrandi is an analysis of multi-cultural Australia and the struggles that each generation of immigrants has with finding their place in Australian society and defining their identity. ... "You can't let the past rule your life", declares Josephine, yet for the three particular generations of Alibrandi women, (Christina and Nonna in particular), the ...

  • Word Count: 764
  • Approx Pages: 3
  • Grade Level: High School

2. Looking For Alibrandi

Looking for alibrandi In Looking for Alibrandi, the author, Melina Marchetta demonstrates the concept of change not only through the chief protagonist, Josephine, but also some other more minor characters such as Michael Andretti, Christina and Nonna, though the majority is shown through Josephine. ... Also in Looking for Alibrandi is a similar change of perspective, but this time shown through a different character, Michael Andretti. ... A major theme in Looking for Alibrandi is identity. ... At that moment, Josephine says, "I knew deep down that I was wrong and I think that my emancipatio...

  • Word Count: 1842
  • Approx Pages: 7
  • Grade Level: High School

3. Looking For Alibrandi

Looking for Alibrandi Throughout the novel, Josie is emancipated from herself. ... Looking for Alibrandi is a moving story about a year 12 girl's current life. ... There are a number of examples in the novel that demonstrate this emancipation The ability to understand others is explored throughout Looking for Alibrandi. ... Preconceptions in Looking for Alibrandi play a major role. ... This realisation is a time of self-emancipation from the worries of her social standing. ...

  • Word Count: 701
  • Approx Pages: 3
  • Grade Level: High School

4. Looking For Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta

In Melina Marchetta's novel 'Looking For Alibrandi', Josephine has a long and difficult journey throughout her final year at High School. ... Josie discovers her identity and emancipation throughout her relationships with her friends. ... Josie's emancipation is effected from her relationships with her family. ... She states "I'm Josephine Andretti who was never n Alibrandi, who should have been a Sandford and may never be a Coote". ... This assisted her in discovering her emancipation and her growing into an adult....

  • Word Count: 960
  • Approx Pages: 4
  • Grade Level: High School

5. Looking For Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta

In the novel, "Looking for Alibrandi," by Melina Marchetta, seventeen year old Josephine accepting her culture, and meeting, and developing a relationship with her father, Michael Andretti. ... Alibrandi is introduced. ... Throughout the novel, Josephine's striving to find herself and reach her emancipation. ... Some things were expected, like her emancipation; and some things weren't, like accepting her culture, her family secret, and meeting and developing a relationship with her dad. ... "I've figured out that it doesn't matter whether I'm Josephine Andretti who was...

  • Word Count: 1036
  • Approx Pages: 4
  • Has Bibliography
  • Grade Level: High School

6. NOTES on looking for alibrandi

Josephine Alibrandi, a Catholic girl, narrates the novel in her final year of High school. ... John's life, however, was pre-ordained and he had to die in order to achieve his emancipation. ... Josie would like to be in love with John and to have people look at her with envy, however it is Jacob that she is attracted to. ... This is the major issue the novel "Looking for Alibrandi" discusses. ... In reference to "Looking for Alibrandi" Josephine had trouble taking her responsibilities seriously. ...

  • Word Count: 2256
  • Approx Pages: 9
  • Grade Level: High School

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