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Looking For Alibrandi

YR 10 ENGLISH
TEST RESPONSE
LOOKING FOR ALIBRANDI
By Mark Smith

“One day you’ll understand” Christina tells Josie.
How does Josie change her understanding of people, as the novel progresses?

During the course of her H.S.C year at St Martha’s, Josephine Alibrandi changes her understanding of the people around her, the people whom she loves including Nonna, Christina, Michael, John and Jacob in many ways she never thought possible. Throughout the novel, Josephine or Josie to the people close to her also changes from a selfish, uncaring teenager to a caring, more sensitive young woman whose feelings towards others become more apparent and noticeable. Her life is turned upside down in one year, and she learns to change, and adjust to change in others.

Long before starting year 12 at St Martha’s, Josie thought of her long lost father Michael as an enigma. “My mother had told me about him once and...

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