Looking for alibrandi
...The setting of the school added for quite a few conflicts throughout the novel. The line “My biggest problem is being stuck at a school full of rich people” is used as an example throughout themes and issues, language and social class. By the use of Josie as the narrator I was able to use her to demonstrate my main message. Themes and issues are addressed in the movie by the plot and the conflicts. Looking for Alibrandi has many conflicts, dealing with many different themes and issues relating to today’s society. One of these conflicts is individuality, relating to Josie as she is very individual in appearance and culture but is trying to be like everyone else. Josie’s main conflict at the start of the novel arises at school, where she is finding it hard to fit in, because she is seen as an individual. “My biggest problem is being stuck at school full of rich people.” She sees this conflict as a problem because she isn’t like everyone else and isn’t associated to “upper class”. This then helps to position the viewer to create sympathy for Josie and to then side with what she is saying. Social class throughout Looking for Alibrandi was seen as one of the major and important issues situated in the film. I categorized Josie into middle class, however Josie was not happy and didn’t like being in middle class. But though the use of plot, conflicts and characterization throughout the novel, I was able to persuade viewers to believe that middle class was the ideal class to be in. The construction of Josie as the stories narrator made it easier for me to reveal the emotions and struggles that Josie goes through. “ My biggest problem is being stuck in a school dominated by rich people”. Josie wants to be upper class like the people who dominate her school causing sympathy from the viewers. I have used social class as a major issue in Looking for Alibrandi to create sympathy and antipathy towards characters social class and the characters themselves. Throughout the film I aimed to portray middle class as the class of choice and in succession have done so and that both working class and upper class are shown in a negative manner. In the movie Looking for Alibrandi I have used language to influence the viewers response. The use of specific language techniques encourages our sympathy or antipathy towards people, place and events in the novel. There are 4 ty...