LOOKING FOR ALIBRANDI The novel, Looking for Alibrandi is charged with emotional energy. Firstly, this book is written as both a social and cultural analysis of a teenage girl's life. Secondly, Josephine Alibrandi is a third generation Italian Australian caught in a claustrophobic family tradition who acknowledges the family spirit, insists that she can free herself, even though she sees herself trapped by oppressive class stereotyping. Firstly, this book is written as both a social …showed first 75 words of 688 total…

…showed last 75 words of 688 total…the heart of an insider. This novel, in a way, teaches contemporary young adults how to deal with problems such as suicide, and inferiority complexities. This novel is full of humour, based on every day life. The whole situation Jose is put through is hard to deal with. It shows how people of different racial backgrounds are not accepted in the society without an achievement which the average members of the society cannot achieve themselves.