Looking For Alibrandi

Looking for Alibrandi

Chapters 1-3

1. a) Josie feels trapped by her background, disadvantaged very strict and conservative white Anglo Saxon school, does not support Italian traditions such as tomato day, trapped by high Italian expectations of marital status and being a good little angel.

b) Love: Hate relationship, respects her, “a daughters action reflect on the mother judging whether she is a good mother or not”, defensive of her mother, she is very protective and doesn’t want judgement to take place.

c) feels she is over protective, believes her mother does not need help raising her also does not want her criticising her mothers teaching skills, was deeply humiliated by her birth when her mother was the age of 17, “ Nonna loves us even though its suffocating” Nonna’s love is immense and smothering, Josie quotes she hates Nonna for hurting her mother when she was born and making her suffer.

d) The girls are an unlikely group of girls who ended up being friends because they don’t fit into any of the other groups, all the girls are very protective of Anna in the group.

e) Josie thinks of Michael Andretti as just the boy next door not as her father, thinks he is a bad man for leaving her mum when he knew she was pregnant, Josie is told by her mother that if he ever came back she couldn’t handle it.

f) Perfect white skin, overly obsessed with school, she’s a snob, representation of all the qualities Josie does not possess.

g) Josie is in year 12 at St Martha’s, at the start of the year she promises she is going to be a saint and not get into trouble but struggles due to the crowd of St Martha’s who have not a worry in the world.

h)Josie wants to be a lawyer, “ill run one day so I wont be Australian, Italian, or anything in between ill be free” to think freely

2. a) Josie’s perspective of her Nonna was her being very intrusive and a mean person, who loved them very much but just a little too much.

b) Josie’s thoughts of her mother as a strong woman, who went through a lot to have and she respects her very much and is very protective of her although at times fights with her a lot.

c) Josie’s thoughts of Jacob Coote are they that Josie and Jacob are not suited for each other also she dislikes him for throwing rotten fruit and eggs in year 10 which was her first encounter with Jacob, when they met again his speech at have a say day really meant something to her as it stretched out to her feelings, also during the regional dance Jacob asked her to dance and her thoughts were running wild, thinking about why he would pick a girl like her to dance instead of some other girl and so on.

3. Josie is overactive about all her prospects in life at the moment and is not doing as good as she would usually be in school and is stressing over problems which are not that important or serious.

Looking For Alibrandi

Chapter 4-5

1. Josie’s thoughts of Jacob Coote up to the end of chapter 6, Josie thinks he is reckless and stands out like a bad sore and is very pushy, controlling and rude, Josie believes he is immature as he attacked her in year 10 with rotten fruit and eggs also that he is selective and uneducated.

2. a) Josie believes that Ivy and John Barton are in the same Anglo Saxon group that are rich and have no problems, the wealthy lifestyle, Josie mentions this often.

b)she quotes “she wants to be part of ivy’s world” showing or indicating she wishes to be apart of this group or circle of friends.

Chapter 6-7

1. Michael Andretti is very rude and angry towards the 2nd meeting of Josie and himself at the bbq as she had been very rude to him when he had visited Nonna at her home and quoted “I just want you out of my life” but when Josie calls him to help her get out of trouble at school after breaking ivy’s nose, he is reluctant but helpful and is pleased that she called him to help her out and the thought of a daughter is growing on him

2. (a) It was hard for women in Sicily because they had arranged marriages and after they were married the father could do nothing even if the husband was beating the woman.

(b) Josie has a better understanding of her Nanna and understands why Nonna would be upset about her husband and her lover and her daughter.

Chapters 8 вЂ" 9

1. Josie’s perception of her father changes as he begins to act like a father and

Offers her a job, she starts to spend a lot of time with him and a bond forms which had not been present before due to Michael Andretti not being there for the 17 years for which she had been alive.

2. Josie is warming up to Michael Andretti her father which is making it easier for him to except that she is his daughter and he should look after her and provide for her just as her mother does, maybe even more.

3. In chapter three respect is an obligation something that must be present even though she doesn’t want to, and when you reach page 91 it is a choice that