Looking for Alibrandi is a novel which deals with the concept of emotional change. Though a number of characters change quite significantly throughout the novel, I will be focusing on Josephine Alibrandi in this essay. A variety of events happen throughout the novel and movie to Josephine which influences her life and changes her perspective on it. Through these events the story shows that change and change of ones perspective can be triggered by certain …showed first 75 words of 1016 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1016 total…was similar to herself. Melina Marchetta helps to shape our view on the concept of change and changing our outlook through a variety of different events and through Josephine Alibrandi. It is demonstrated that change can be both a positive or negative thing and that Josephine went through both. By showing change through a couple of characters, Marchetta also shows that change and changing perspectives can be dealt with in different ways by different people.