... weren't completely one of them. Yet because my grandparents were born in Italy we weren't completely Australian."(marchetta 7). Josephine was not fond of her Italian ethnicity. She viewed her Italian culture and traditions as a barrier that separated her from society. "I think if it comes down to ... from Glebe as far as these people are concerned." (marchetta 167). As Josephine spent more time with her nonna, she began to see her culture as a gift; something that differentiated her from everyone else. "Well, I'm not sure whether everyone in this country will ever understand multicultural...

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• Grade Level: High School

... hard for all middle age old migrants because they feel it hard five up their own values and adapt the foreign culture of their new country. For all youngsters like Peter himself adapting to a new country and picking up its culture is not at all difficult, but this change in cultures in the families leads to various changing viewpoints - as it occurs ... way of his life. In the third stanza the composer illustrates how he perceives the way his father and his friends greet very abnormal. Being mixed up completely with the Australian culture, the composer is not used to the use of full nam...

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... throughout her final year at High School. Josie struggles to be fully emancipated through her relationships with friends, relationships with family and her culture and traditions. These events fulfill her search. Josie discovers her identity and emancipation throughout her relationships with her friends. The friends that impact ... realization of these events is a big enforcement to Josie's emancipation. Josie's identity and emancipation are dependent on her family culture and traditions. Events of her culture and traditions are tomato day, having to go to Nonna's house every day and di...

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... and gave birth to Josephine out of wedlock, making Josephine illegitimate. Josephine is caught in a society, which judges the Alibrandi family differently because they are considered a disgrace to the Italian culture. Here Marchetta is challenging the dominant ideology of a typical Italian family unit by giving the point of view of Josephine who thinks that it is okay to have been conceived ... Francesco, Christina's so called "father" hated her. We discover through Josephine's eyes that Katia had an affair with Marcus Sandford, while Francesco was away working up north. Marcus is an Au...

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... . Josephine is constantly being teased and mocked about her Italian background and the racist and bigotry views expressed by the Anglo-Saxons at her school hurt her deeply. "You new Australian's wear black a lot". pg 165 . . . "How dare you, you Wog!" These comments aimed at Josephine make the reader feel dismayed and shocked by what Josie has to go through. She ... from the rest. This is why Josie is such a strong minded person and mature and responsible girl. Her actions influence her friends and family to look beyond the boundaries of culture and religion and dare to dream. The action...

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• Grade Level: High School