Thursday, February 24, 2011

Looking for Alibrandi Chapter 8 and 9


Plot Summary (key events that have happened):


Carly upsets Josie by calling her a wog and Josie hits Carly with a text book and brakes Carly's noes. Josie calls her father (thinking that he wont come seeing she told him to stay out her life) and he comes to her rescue and saves Josie from alot of trouble maybe court, This proves to Josie that she needs a dad and how good it feels to have him.


father-daughter relationship develop


This chapter highlights some of the generational differences between Christina and Nonna




Challenges faced by the character(s)/information revealed about character (s):
That nonna had her own problems when she was young and stayed with Francessco to please her sisters needs and we find out that nonna liked a guy called Marcus Standford


argument between Christina and her mother nonna showed that Christina stood up for helself and knew she raised Josie well.


Christina's goes on a date with a doctor. (Josie doesn't want anyone else with her mother she likes it being just her and her mum.)


Important quotations (supporting evidence):
Carly bishop belongs to the "beautiful people" this shows that there is class, levels of popularity (Pg 80)
"The beautiful people are the ones who have the most modern hairstyles, if long hair is in they've got it if one gets her hair cropped so do all the others. If one comes to school and annouces that they are growing there hair, so do the rest of them."


Definition of three words:
Coy- Making a pretense of shyness or modesty that is intended to be alluring but is often regarded as irritating.

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