Melina Marchetta

Melina Marchetta’s, ‘looking for Alibrandi’, follows the story of Josephine Alibrandi, a typical teenager going through adolescence and learning more about her self-identity. The question posed is, “how has the author used stylistic features and conventions to depict an idea and to influence interpretations of this idea?” Features include the plot/script, characterization and Intertextual references. The plot/script shows the progression of Josie getting a grip on her self-identity by…

“Looking for Alibrandi” by Australian author Melina Marchetta published in 1992 has identified and addressed a set of underlying cross-cultural communication challenges posed by language, different cultural background, and religion. Through exposing the miserable experiences that migrants suffer and the crippling challenges that they face, our society has gained a…

Looking For Alibrandi Novel Essay – Leonardo Cufone Looking For Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta is about a seventeen year old girl called Josie Alibrandi. She was born in Australia, and has an Italian background. She is in her last year of high school at St Martha’s High School, where she has a scholarship. Throughout the novel, she learns about her family’s history, relationships, the importance of hard work and emancipation. Some of the key themes of the novel are family and relationships,…

Throughout the novel Looking for Alibrandi written by Melina Marchetta reflects on several issues that Josie Alibrandi faces during her final year at school. The issues she encounters are social, family problems and falling in love for the first time. Josephine confronts social issues by facing racism and cultural differences. She develops family relationships by meeting her dad and further expands her relationship with her Nonna Katia. Josephine falls involve for the first time and faces many…

Life is made up of the moments you been through, good or bad. For Taylor, these moments from both the past and present, pieced together to settle her past and change her future. In the novel On the Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta, Taylor Markham’s father died in a car accident and Taylors drug addicted mother abandoned her at a Gas station. Then a young lady named Hannah took Taylor in as her own. Taylor is currently the leader of her schools’ underground community. Now the territory wars have…

Set in the multicultural outer-suburbs of Sydney, Melina Marchetta’s, Saving Francesca, follows the life a teenage girl as she faces many issues of keeping ,and finding new, friendships. Attending a new school, Francesca Spinelli must find her own individuality, learn how to deal with Mia’s depression and live through the awkwardness of maintaining relationships. This has content which is beneficial to young Australian reader, as it shows implicit, and explicit, social, moral and ethical…

Melina Marchetta once said “Because without our language, we have lost ourselves. Who are we without our words?”(Melina Marchetta quotes about language) Without words there is no passion or purpose for us to portray our thoughts and opinions. Even though learning English will benefit the Irish natives, what they don’t understand is that in meaning they are losing their heritage. The society of Baile Beag in a sense wants to set the Gaelic language behind them and move onward towards the English…

At some point in our lives, we all come across various types of challenges. No matter how big or small the challenge is, it allows us as individuals to grow and to become more resilient and open minded in the way that we approach new challenges and unfamiliar situations, even if it means approaching and solving these issues in difficult ways that others could never imagine. Good morning year 11 English students. Today I will be talking to you about the concept of challenge and how the prescribed…

the media. The media portrays teenagers in many ways which can be shown as realistic or unrealistic representations and can give misleading thoughts about the young adults. The accurate representations of teenagers, ‘Looking for Alibrandi’ by Melina Marchetta, is a novel about a half Australian half Italian teenage girl who is struggling to cope with her teenage existence because of her cultural…

As social beings, it is adamant that we acquire a sense of belonging within ourselves and with the changing facets of humanity. The human necessity to belong is asserted by our allegiance to connect and bond with our surroundings and fellow man. It is essential in life that we understand and accept our identity in order to find a balance within society. Lacking to coexist or to immerse yourself with the greater population can result in loneliness and solitary confinement. “Feliks Skrzynecki” and…