After all, at its end Josie Alibrandi consents to becoming Josie Andretti. But there are many other things that change in her life. She loses a friend, John Barton, in tragic circumstances, but she also discovers her father. Mysteries about the actual identity of her mother's father are solved, and she develops a greater understanding and love for her grandmother. She constantly interacts with her Italian heritage both within herself and with others and comes to a deeper understanding of it.
Due to her domineering presence this meant that any chance that child A’s mother had of being able to fulfil her role as the primary carer was undermined and must have caused great stress and tension within the family unit. This is picked up on by the child who will often display negative behaviour just before a home visit in the hope that care staff will cancel it. This would remove the burden of saying she doesn’t want to go herself which she feels would be like rejecting her family. This finally leads me to the grandfather who would have been the only male to have been involved in child A’s development but he appears to have taken a very minor role and chose to stay in the background letting his domineering wife pull the family strings. This meant again that child A had no dominant male role model in her life and reinforced the grandmother’s matriarchal role.
The book is engaging and easy to read, it shows a humorous side to various issues and simultaneously describes the not-so-funny events which occur. Looking for Alibrandi also highlights the importance of self, with Josie often questioning who she is. Is she Italian, Is she Australian...or is she simply just an individual? And it's this way of thinking which helps her through the year, Josie Alibrandi is just trying to be herself, in a world where nothing's perfect and everything seems to be out to get
Norah's great pain because of the "death" of her child causes her to be scared of change, she wishes she could capture a happy moment, and stay in that moment-perhaps forever. " Don't breathe, she thought. Don't move. But there was no stopping anything." (89) She sees time as an enemy that might take away all that she loves.
In Arthur Miller's The Crucible Abigail William's traumatic childhood has turned her into a vindictive person who's need for self-preservation has driven her to value nothing but her own life. Horrid incidents such as the grisly one Abigail sustained can have such a tremendous impact on a child's perspective and personality. The lack of attention and love Abigail received during her childhood has furthermore induced her to act very brutally towards people in order to fulfill her urges and needs. The traumatic events a child has experienced can have various complex influences on their development. For example the exposure of ruthless acts of violence inflicted on the child's parent can manipulate the child's attitude as well as behavioral
While in her mother’s eyes, she only supported her daughter and craved the absolute best for her child. Schwind-Pawlak presents this argument poorly due to her change of heart towards the end of the essay. She does not stick to her beginning argument which causes the opposition to lack stability. The two authors support their arguments by providing evidence. The supporting evidence of the two essay’s help reveal the hardships teenagers face while dealing with their parents.
She didn’t enjoy her time spent there so why she was so willing to come back. Some people never get enough of the life they live even if it‘s bad . Its just like a women who is in a abusive relationship and we wonder why the never leave. Its because once someone adapted to a certain life style the desire for change is slim to none. The narrative made it clear that she didn’t fit in with the people in her town but feared leaving because that lifestyle was all she ever known.
Josie resents Nonna’s interference in both hers’ and Mama’s lives and despises her grandmother for being set in her ways. Josie could not live with the fact that Nonna had been such a hypocrite, treating her mum the way she did. Josie and Mama have a close relationship and Josie doesn’t want anyone between them. One minute they love each other to bits and spend hours in deep and meaningful conversations and the next they will be fight about the most ridiculous things. Christina is unmarried
She felt, however, that she could not go on such a journey by herself. Before her close relationship with Jake, she was scared of her father, “i do what i’m told to avoid getting hit”. This statement is contrasted remarkably with the way that she feels after her mental transformation. Jake was the catalyst in Lucy’s transformation. She alway’s had the strength to find herself but she needed someone to help her on her journey.
Another key event in the novel is the change in relationship between Josephine and her Nonna. Nonna is very traditional in her values and socially conservative. She cares highly about hospitality and manners, and it greatly concerned with what other people think. She is intolerant to an extent, but as the novel portrays, it is because of the prejudice she faced as an Italian immigrant. She is greatly concerned with Josie keeping her culture, as well as not allowing Josie to deviate outside that culture, such as dating Australian guys.