Melina Marchetta Essay Examples

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An Analysis of Internal Conflicts in Looking for Alibrandi, a Novel by Melina Marchetta and A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J Maas (738 words, 3 pages)

Everyone has a different way of going through inner journeys and responding to the torments and struggles that arise along the way. Some people find everything too hard and would rather end their lives than continue in their misery. Others have the ability to push through their sufferings and discover ... Read More

The Difficulties of Growing Up Portrayed in the Novel Looking for Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta (762 words, 2 pages)

Growing up is complex, especially in a society with different cultural background. This is the major issue the novel "Looking for Alibrandi" discusses. A realistic view through the eyes of a seventeen-year old Italian girl, Josephine is presented. Josephines like many teenagers that have learned from their mistakes. This is ... Read More

An Overview of the Novel Looking for Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta (1989 words, 3 pages)

How have the texts you have studied this year effectively shaped your understanding of the meaning of change?In your answer you should refer to Looking for Alibrandi, ONE text from the prescribed stimulus booklet, Changing, and two to three texts of your own choosing.Through a number of texts we can ... Read More

An Analysis of Looking for Alibrandi, a Novel by Melina Marchetta (1049 words, 2 pages)

Discuss how your understanding of the concept of change and changing perspective has been shaped by the novel, Looking for Alibrandi.Looking for Alibrandi is a novel which mostly deals with the concept of emotional change. Through a number of characters, the author, Melina Marchetta demonstrates clearly the concept of change ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of Looking for Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta (410 words, 1 pages)

LOOKING FOR ALIBRANDILooking for Alibrandi is written by Melina Marchetta and was nominated as book of the year for older children. The book is well suited to teenage readers because it contains a theme that all teens can relate to search for identity.The novel Looking for Alibrandi is as the ... Read More

An Analysis of the Growing up Concept in the Novel Looking for Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta (758 words, 2 pages)

Growing up is complex, especially in a society with different cultural background. This is the major issue the novel Looking for Alibrandi discusses. A realistic view through the eyes of a seventeen-year old Italian girl, Josephine is presented. Josephine s like many teenagers that have learned from their mistakes. This ... Read More

An Analysis of the Portrayal of Australian Teenagers in Melina Marchetta’s Novel Looking for Alibrandi (917 words, 1 pages)

The novel Looking for Alibrandi is a realistic portrayal of teenagers lives in the contemporary Australia. The author Melina Marchetta has portrayed her teenager characters in ways, which engage with the contemporary Australian teenagers. In this critical response, it will examine different kinds of relationships of the teenagers in this ... Read More

An Analysis of the Novel Looking for Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta (2866 words, 4 pages)

A major discovery that Josephine Alibrandi made in Melina Marchetta's , was about her Grandmother's past life. She discovers many things about her Grandmother, including how she got to Australia, her relationship with her husband and that with Marcus Sandford. At the beginning of the novel Josephine was unaware of ... Read More

An Analysis of the Portrayal of Teenagers Lives in the Novel Looking for Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta (580 words, 1 pages)

The novel Looking for Alibrandi is a realistic portrayal of teenagers lives in Australia. The author has portrayed her teenager characters in ways, which engage Australian teenagers. In this critical response, it will examine different kinds of relationships of the teenagers in this novel, the friendship, love relationship, cultural relationship, ... Read More

An Analysis of Josephine’s Journey of Discovery in Looking for Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta (679 words, 2 pages)

1. Plot summary- Looking for AlibrandiJosephine is in her final year at school ( St Marthas girls school). Her life is complicated by the arrival of her father, Michael Andretti, who wants nothing to do with a daughter he has never seen. In the course of the year, Josephine has ... Read More

An Analysis of Looking For Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta (1025 words, 2 pages)

Looking for Alibrandi is a novel which mostly deals with the concept of emotional change. Through a number of characters, the author, Melina Marchetta demonstrates clearly the concept of change and changing perspective. A variety of events happen throughout the novel to these characters which influence their lives and change ... Read More

A Review of Melina Marchetta’s Novel “Looking for Alibrandi” (1084 words, 2 pages)

The novel, Looking for Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta, focuses on a 17 year old teenager who has an Italian background called Josephine Alibrandi. Josephine is really two different people at the beginning and the end of the book. In the beginning, Josephine is overdramatic, poised to react to her Italian ... Read More

A Comparison of the Books, Willow Tree and Olive by Irini Savvides and Melina Marchetta’s Looking for Alibrandi (623 words, 1 pages)

The two books Willow Tree and Olive (Irini Savvides) and Looking for Alibrandi (Melina Marchetta) are very similar and yet very different. There is a distinct connection between the storyline and the personality traits of the main characters of both novels. Yet there are contrasts between the methods by which ... Read More

Cultural Boundaries in the Novel, Looking for Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta (770 words, 1 pages)

The novel, Looking for Alibrandi, by Melina Marchetta, conveys cultural boundaries that are evident in Australian society. Through the actions of the characters, these cultural boundaries are crossed. These characters are subject to discrimination due to their culture, the strict parental expectations, cultural traditions and events, morals and beliefs. The ... Read More

A Comparison of the Book Looking for Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta and the Film Titanic by James Cameron (1098 words, 2 pages)

A change in perspective. An alteration of view point. A modification of outlook. However you say it, these words symbolise an adjustment of ideas that takes a person from one state of thinking to another. The novel Looking for Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta and the film Titanic by James Cameron, ... Read More

An Analysis of Looking for Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta (1627 words, 2 pages)

At the start of "Looking for Alibrandi", by Melina Marchetta we are introduced to a seventeen year old girl by the name of Josephine "Josie" Alibrandi, who is in her last year of high school. By the end of the book it is made obvious that Josephine has gone through ... Read More

The Theme of Identity in Melina Marchetta’s Novel Looking for Alibrandi (1569 words, 2 pages)

In Melina Marchetta's novel, "Looking for Alibrandi", the theme of identity is a process of discovery along a journey for most of the characters. Although John Barton's journey is short by the end, he knew what he wanted and he made sure that no one was hurt more than necessary ... Read More

An Analysis of the Novel Looking for Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta (802 words, 2 pages)

TEXT 2 - 'Looking for Alibrandi' by Melina Marchetta (novel) Melina Marchetta's novel 'Looking for Alibrandi' is about a teenage girl Josephine's growth to freedom through interaction of the women of the three generations of Alibrandi's - Katia Alibrandi, Christina Alibrandi and herself. Further changes come about in Josephine through ... Read More

Josephine in Looking for Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta (710 words, 1 pages)

In this novel (Looking for Alibrandi) Josephine Alibrandi is seen as an illegitimate 17-year-old girl who is self-centred, ignorant and sensitive about her illegitimacy and her reputation and what people say about her behind her back. She is also described as confused because she isn't sure where she stands in ... Read More

A Multi-Cultural Theme in Looking for Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta (775 words, 1 pages)

Like all tomato days we had spaghetti that night. Made by our own hands. A tradition that well never let go. A tradition that I probably will never let go of either, simply because like religion, culture is nailed into you so deep you cant escape it. The Australian experience ... Read More

An Analysis of the Character Josephine in Looking for Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta (669 words, 1 pages)

Josephine Alibrandi is one of the main characters in award winning novel Looking for Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta. A teenage girl, preparing to complete her HSC at St. Martha's, is confronted by her father, who she has never seen before, and had moved to Adelaide upon learning that Christina, Josie's ... Read More

An Essay on the Proicess of Change in the Novel Looking for Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta (1963 words, 3 pages)

"Nothing changes its all the same thing." Our perception of how we see and understand things constantly alters and reforms. Time and experience allow us to develop and alter these perceptions of people, events, ideas, and even of ourselves. This process we go through is called "change". Most of the ... Read More