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“I realised that when we weren’t being hostile or sullen with eachother we had plenty to say… When we forgot the fact that biologically he was my father.”

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“I realised that when we weren’t being hostile or sullen with eachother we had plenty to say… When we forgot the fact that biologically he was my father.”

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This quote from chapter 13 shows that both Josie and her father have a complicated relationship, however their relationship isn’t all bad when they both listen to eachother and try to stay calm. Gradually their relationship improves which also helps Josie grow as a person.

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An important relationship in Looking For Alibrandi is the one between Josie and Michael Andretti. Josie is the daughter of Michael Andretti. Josie has been raised by her mother in Australia although her Italian grandmother has a strong influence of Italian culture in her life. Josie and her father’s relationship has a strong influence on her coming of age. When we first meet Josie, she has no relationship with her father. She’s never met him and knows very little about him. Josie feels like it isn’t important to have him as a father figure in her life but she is concerned about her illegitimacy. When she attends the bbq with him, Josie decides to confront him. Michael says he promises to keep out of Josie’s life if she keeps out of his. This shows that neither of them are willing to compromise. When Josie’s agrees to this, she is not being honest as she would like to see Michael again. Josie’s uncivil approach to this shows her lack of maturity and communication skills. When they get pizza together after Josie’s date with Jacob, Michael and Josie have their first heart to heart conversation. Michael confesses he is scared to be a father. ‘I want to be honest. I would have rather life to have gone on the way it was going. I feel to old to be a father. I don’t want you to be misled about how i feel about you. I’m not sure if i can love you ever but i want to know you. I want to be part of your life because if i pretend you don’t exist you still won’t go away’. This quote shows the importance of communication and honesty. Michael is being honest with Josie. Instead of acting out, she listens to what he has to say and considers his perspective on things.

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"I think things got worse when I started at St. Martha's because I began to understand what the absence of a father meant. 

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"I think things got worse when I started at St. Martha's because I began to understand what the absence of a father meant. 

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This quote shows that even when Josephine didn't really know much about her dad and didn't have much of a relationship with him at first, she still felt like she needed a father to help her and to have a good relationship with him.

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“A person doesn’t necessarily have to be happy just because they have social standing and material wealth, Josie.”

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“A person doesn’t necessarily have to be happy just because they have social standing and material wealth, Josie.”

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After growing close to Josie, Michael was able to teach her important life lessons. If their relationship was the same as it was at the beginning of the novel, Josie may not have learnt these things, which is crazy because a year ago for Josie, she never would have expected Michael to come into her life and teach her these life lessons.

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“My father is a barrister. I’ll call him…nobody was more suprised than me when Michael Andretti walked in.”

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“My father is a barrister. I’ll call him…nobody was more suprised than me when Michael Andretti walked in.”

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Josephine and her fathers relatioship slowly progresses, from not tsking to eachother at all to Josie asking her father for help during a situation at school. Evidence suggesting so is in chapter 8- “My father is a barrister. I’ll call him…nobody was more suprised than me when Michael Andretti walked in.” This is a chnage in their relationship because before thids situation she gave her father a speech about keeping out of eachothers lives

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"I remember the same time last year, when Michael wasn't in my life. It was the scariest feeling in the world"

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"I remember the same time last year, when Michael wasn't in my life. It was the scariest feeling in the world"

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While Josie and Michael got off to a rocky start, they both began to become reliant on each other as their relationship blossomed. Josie began to become so close that a world without her father seemed so terrifying so far away.

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Josie and Michael's relationship begins off to a rocky start as Josie is more closer off and definitely does not want to reconnect with her father. However her father also reciprocates that feeling. But they both change and come to neutral agreements and from there they become closer.

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Growth more so in this topic refers to growth more so as a person, or in this case as a character of a book, its regarding how Josie grows as a person.

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has an effect on, impact on, have an impact on

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development, improvement, progress

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connections, relations, kinship, association

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Synonyms: Examine, inspect, study or maybe even search

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Analyse Josie's relationship with her father and how it affects her growth.

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Analyse Josie's relationship with her father and how it affects her growth.